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Mucormycosis is an acutely malignant fungal disease causing local thrombosis and infarction. Gastrointestinal infection most commonly occurs in diabetics or in the immunologically compromised. This case demonstrates the radiological appearances of the gastrointestinal lesion and prolonged survival with amphotericin-B therapy.
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Schulman, A., Bornman, P., Kaplan, C. et al. Gastrointestinal mucormycosis. Gastrointest Radiol 4, 385–388 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01887562
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