Ileocolonic mucormycosis in adult immunocompromised patients: A surgeon’s perspective

Table 2 Summary of colonic mucormycosis cases reported in the recent medical literature

Age (yr)/Sex	Morbidity	Location	Operation	Medications	Outcome	Ref.	Yr
21/F	APL	Cecum	Colectomy	Amp B	Survived	[11]	1985
21/F	AML	Descending	Hartmann	Amp B	Survived	[12]	1986
54/F	ALL	Cecum	Right hemicolectomy	Amp B	Dead	[13]	1998
42/F	SLE	Left colon + stomach	Subtotal colectomy	Amp B	Dead	[14]	1998
35/M	Liver Tx	Cecum + liver	Primary repair	-	Dead	[15]	1999
53/F	NHL	Sigmoid + transverse	Hartmann + right hemicolectomy	Amp B → Lip Amp + GMCSF	Survived	[16]	2000
48/F	ALL	Ileocolic + liver	Bowel resection	Amp B → Lip Amp	Dead	[17]	2000
33/M	Renal Tx	Right colon + esophagus	Graft nephrectomy	Amp B + GMCSF	Survived	[18]	2001
65/M	COAD	Right colon	Right hemicolectomy	Amp B	Survived	[19]	2004
56/F	ALL	Ileocolic	Right hemicolectomy	Lip Amp	Dead	[20]	2005
43/F	Renal Tx	Cecum	Right hemicolectomy	Lip Amp	Survived	[21]	2005
58/?	MS	Sigmoid	Hartmann	-	Dead	[22]	2006

APL: Acute progranulocytic leukemia; AML: Acute myeloid leukemia; ALL: Acute lymphocytic leukemia; COAD: Chronic obstructive airways disease; SLE: Systemic lupus erythematosus; Liver Tx: Liver transplant; Renal Tx: Renal transplant; NHL: Non-Hogkin’s lymphoma; MS: Multiple sclerosis; Amp B: Amphotericin B; Lip Amp: Liposomal amphotericin preparation; GMCSF: Granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor.