Rare Presentation of Acute Abdomen in a Posttransplant Patient

Infective complications continue to be a big hurdle to patient and graft survival after transplantation. Fungal infections can occur anytime posttransplant. They often present with nonspecific symptoms leading to a delay in diagnosis and treatment. Pain abdomen in a posttransplant patient should alw...

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Veröffentlicht in:Indian journal of transplantation 2023-07, Vol.17 (3), p.357-359
Hauptverfasser: Viswanathan, Akila, Panchangam, Vidyashankar, Reddy, Govardhan, Shetty, Shashank, Bhat, Vinay, Bhat, Naresh, Kaur, Tripti
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Zusammenfassung:Infective complications continue to be a big hurdle to patient and graft survival after transplantation. Fungal infections can occur anytime posttransplant. They often present with nonspecific symptoms leading to a delay in diagnosis and treatment. Pain abdomen in a posttransplant patient should always be evaluated in detail to rule out invasive fungal infections. Here, we present a case of gastric mucormycosis presenting as acute abdomen in a diabetic patient who was a 1-month posttransplant.
ISSN:2212-0017
2212-0025
DOI:10.4103/ijot.ijot_71_23