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Pathology 2018 Research & Reviews: Journal of Medical and Health Sciences
ISSN: 2319-9865 Page 44
October 08-09, 2018
Edinburgh, Scotland
17th International Conference on
Pathology & Cancer
Epidemiology
Basidiobolomycosis is a rare infectious disease caused
by a fungus that classified as Zygomycota and known as
Basidiobolus ranarum. Most commonly immuno compromised
and a rarely healthy individual can infect by this organism
which transmits through the skin after direct contamination
with a decomposed vegetable matter, droppings of vertebrates
and clay under environmental circumstances such as climatic
conditions. The dilemma in the diagnosis of these cases is the
clinical presentation of a mass which may misdiagnose as a
chronic granulomatous inflammation or neoplasm. Tissue
culture and biopsy are essential to reveal the diagnosis of
Basidiobolomycosis. To date, most cases that have been
reported as Basidiobolomycosis are involving the gastrointestinal
tract with predominantly in a paediatric population from a
tropical and subtropical region with the majority from Saudi
Arabia. Very few cases of Basidiobolomycosis involving the
subcutaneous tissue with exclusively affecting the orbit have
been reported in the literature. Here author is representing a
case of Basidiobolomycosis in a toddler female who presented
with swelling of the left orbit following trauma to the left eye.
Biography
Walaa Abdulrazzak Felemban has completed her bachelor’s degree in
medicine and Surgery from King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Ara-
bia. She is a certified Anatomical Pathologist with Saudi and Arab board
qualifications. She is working as Acting Consultant at King Fahad Armed
Forces Hospital up to date.
A case report of peri-orbital basidiobolomycosis in a
13-year-old female
Walaa Abdulrazzak Felemban
King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Saudi Arabia
Walaa Abdulrazzak Felemban, RRJMHS 2018
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