Sickle cell anemia. 2 weeks of progressive, chronically recurrent ulcus cruris in a 36-year-old African patient with homozygous sickle cell anemia. Large, deep ulcerations, crusty brownish deposits of the ulcerous surroundings as well as a livid periulcerous environment are visible, which partly impresses in a dark brownish way due to the skin type of the patient.
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