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Skin biopsy take sample from foot or hip?

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Depends: Usually skin biopsy is taken from the site of the lesion. If the biopsy is for a systemic disorder like lupus, then it may not matter where it is taken from. Neither foot nor hip are usual sites for biopsy, unless the lesion happens to be there.

Answered 1/14/2015

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