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A 33-year-old member asked:

Can you please tell me, should a bruised bone leave a bruise on the skin?

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Dr. Joseph Bark
Dermatology 51 years experience
Ecchymoses: There are many causes of a persistent bruising the skin. These range every where from the actual trauma to the site to to drug eruptions caused by the taking of certain drugs for a long time. There is no way to tell you what this diagnosis is without looking at it.
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