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Have purple blotches look like bruises on lower legs for 2 years. what are they? someone told me hemochromatosis
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Hemosiderosis: Hemochromatosis is quite different. These marks are commonly melanin and iron deposits in areas of old injury or areas inflamed by chronic edema. If they have been rubbed or scratched due to prolonged itch, there will be reactive lichenification.
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