Gastric Mucormycosis in a Liver and Kidney Transplant Recipient: Case Report and Concise Review of Literature

We describe a rare case of gastric mucormycosis in a patient with a combined liver-kidney transplant affected by glycogen storage disease type Ia.A 42-year-old female patient presented with gastric pain and melena 26 days after transplantation. Evaluation with upper endoscopy showed two bleeding gastric ulcers.

Source: Transplantation Proceedings - March 22, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: G. Alfano, F. Fontana, D. Francesca, G. Assirati, P. Magistri, G. Tarantino, R. Ballarin, G. Rossi, E. Franceschini, M. Codeluppi, G. Guaraldi, C. Mussini, F. Di Benedetto, G. Cappelli Source Type: research