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Small round bruise with white center, what could it be?

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Dr. Cornelius Oleary answered

Specializes in Urgent Care

Targetoid : 37 yo lady with a targetoid lesion. Please see MD for full history and physical , if you had trauma it's likely to be a bruise. If there is a possibility you have been bitten by a tick it could be erythema migrans.

Answered 5/25/2021

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