Basidiobolomycosis: a case report

ABSTRACT

Basidiobolomycosis is a rare disease caused by the fungus Basidiobolus ranarum. Patients with Basidiobolus ranarum infection may present with subcutaneous, gastrointestinal, or systemic lesions. Recently, its etiologic role in gastrointestinal infections has been increasingly recognized. We report this case of gastrointestinal and retroperitoneal basidobolomycosis because of its rarity and also to emphasize the need to consider gastrointestinal and retroperitoneal basidiobolomycosis in the differential diagnosis of inflammatory bowel diseases, tuberculosis and malignancy