Table 1.

Most common characteristics of gastrointestinal Basidiobolomycosis in previously reported cases

Reported findings	Most common characteristic
Presenting symptoms	Abdominal pain and fever
Age	1.5-80 years
Sex (M/F)	65/6
ESR	33-138
Eosinophils	1-27.7%
Most common preliminary diagnosis	Intestinal, gastric or liver mass
Culture positive cases	<50%
Pathologic diagnosis before surgery by endoscopy	0
Characteristic histological findings	100%
Recurrence	4 cases
Died	8 cases