Peer Reviewed
Dermatology clinic

A painful violaceous lesion on the thigh

Gayle Fischer
Abstract
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Key Points
    Case history

    A 48-year-old woman presents with a painful violaceous lesion on her thigh (Figure). Three days previously she had commenced warfarin after developing a deep vein thrombosis. Her INR is in the therapeutic range.

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