Resumen de Mucormycosis: an unusual cause of gastric perforation and severe bleeding in immunocompetent patients

Patricia Sánchez Velázquez, Manuel Pera Román, Javier Gimeno, A. Zapatero Ferrándiz, Joan Miquel Nolla Solé, Miguel Pera

• Mucormycosis is a rare and often fatal opportunistic infection that especially occurs in immunocompromised patients. Primary gastrointestinal infection is uncommon and accounts for only approximately 7% of all cases of mucormycosis but it is associated with an 85% mortality rate due to perforation and massive bleeding. Very few cases of gastrointestinal mucormycosis in an immunocompetent host have been reported. We describe a case of gastric necrosis and massive bleeding due to fulminant invasive mucormycosis.