Gastric perforation secondary to mucormycosis infection in a kidney-pancreas transplant patient. A fatal complication

Mucormycosis is a rare deep fungal infection that develops mainly in immunosuppressed patients, being unusual the gastro-intestinal presentation.The adequate treatment consists in rapid and aggressive surgical debridement, along with initial adju-vant treatment with liposomal amphotericin B. Despite recent advances in the management of this disease, the prognosis is poor, with a high mortality rate.We will present a case of a 37-year-old male patient, who underwent a combined pancreas and kidney transplant, with gastric perforation secondary to deep mucormycosis.