Gastric Perforation Associated with Vascular Invasive Mucormycosis in a Renal Transplant Recipient.

The clinicopathological manifestations of gastric mucormycosis range from colonization of ulcer disease to infiltration of tissue with or without vascular involvement. The prognosis of this disease is extremely poor when blood vessel invasion is observed. Herein, we report on a rare case of ischemic gastric perforation that was associated with vascular invasive mucormycosis in a renal recipients 7 years after transplantation. (J Korean Surg Soc 2006;71:376-378)