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A 44-year-old woman presents to you with viral symptoms. She has a history of psorisis and is obese with a BMI of 33. She is not on any medications. As an incidental finding you see this longstanding venous leg ulcer that developed 9 years earlier. The patient is dressing it herself with gauze.

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