Crohn's Disease of the Penis Masquerading as Pyoderma Gangrenosum: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Cutis

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 432-437

  Sams, Hunter H ^a   Kiripolsky, Monika G ^a   Boyd, Alan S ^a,b   King Jr , Lloyd E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ISONIAZID; METRONIDAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE;

BIOPSY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE RESECTION; LABORATORY TEST; METASTASIS; NODULATION; PENIS; PENIS AMPUTATION; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; REVIEW; STAINING; TISSUE CULTURE; ULCER; URETHRA FISTULA;

CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE DISEASES; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM;

EID: 0347357719     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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