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Case Reports
. 2017 May;32(5):583-584.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-016-3939-0. Epub 2016 Dec 12.

Faces of Lyme

Debbie C Chen  1 , Brandon M Giglio  1 , Paul B Aronowitz  2
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Case Reports

Faces of Lyme

Debbie C Chen et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2017 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: clinical image; dermatology; diagnosis; infectious disease.

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Figure 1
Two variants of erythema migrans. a Erythema migrans on the left hip in a 59-year-old male (patient 1) manifesting as a circular erythematous patch with violaceous center. b Bullous erythema migrans in the left popliteal fossa in a 56-year-old male (patient 2) manifesting as an oval erythematous plaque with diffuse coalescing vesicles and bullae and surrounding erythema.
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