Primary Invasive Mucormycosis of the Stomach
Gastrointestinal mucormycosis is a rare form of mucormycosis that can potentially result in fatal outcomes. We encountered a case of gastric mucormycosis, first identified at postmortem following the death of a patient with malignant lymphoma. This paper highlights the unique pathological features of this rare gastric mucormycosis, which were suspected to be the primary source of the infection. Additionally, we made a little thought to the potential possibility that unheated vegetables that might be contaminated with the causative fungus could have played as a vector for carrying the fungus into the gastric mucosa.
Authors
- Yoshitsugu Miyazaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8942-0869)
- Satoshi Sonobe
- Somay Yamagata Murayama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0610-1211)
- Kazutoshi Shibuya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3197-488X)
- Naobumi Tochigi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2538-0380)
- Sota Sadamoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2756-9055)
- Ai Yoshikawa
- Takayuki Shinohara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8804-0645)
- Tetuo Mikami
- Daisuke Nagase
- Chiaki Takebayashi
Institutions
- Toho University (JP)
- National Institute of Infectious Diseases (JP)
- Toho University Omori Medical Center (JP)
- Biology of Infection (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medical Mycology Journal
- Published
- 2025-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3314/mmj.25-00010
- Primary Topic
- Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
- Chiba University