Gastric mucormycosis in a COVID-19 patient with severe lung involvement: a case report by Akbar Rasekhi Kazerouni in Journal of Clinical Case Reports Medical Images and Health Sciences
Gastric mucormycosis in a COVID-19 patient with severe lung involvement: a case report by Akbar Rasekhi Kazerouni in Journal of Clinical Case Reports Medical Images and Health Sciences Abstract Background: Mucormycosis (zygomycosis) is a rare opportunistic and life threatening infection that almost always affect immunocompromised patients. The Covid-19 associated mucormycosis is a new condition that has been described with high mortality rates. Gastrointestinal mucomycosis is a rare condition and stomach is the more common site in gastrointestinal mucomycosis. Case presentation: Presented case is a 41 year old cigarette smoker and diabetic man, who presented with Covid_19 lung involvement. Consequently, he developed with gastrointestinal bleeding and gastric mucormycosis was detected for him. Conclusions: Evaluating the clinical data and rare features of COVID-19 patients and studying the behavior of the disease is crucial for early dete...