Rectal endometriosis presenting as toxic megacolon
Luis Enrique Rosario Alvarado; Hisham Bahmad; Odille Mejia; Heather Hollembeak; Robert Poppiti; Lydia Howard; Kiranmayi Muddasani
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Submitted date:
05/10/2021
Accepted date:
07/09/2021
Publication date:
09/03/2021