Peristomal pyoderma gangrenosum in a patient with inflammatory bowel disease.

Cir Esp (Engl Ed)

Servicio de Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastián-Donostia, Guipúzcoa, Spain.

Published: February 2022

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