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  • Chronic Venous Insufficiency and Postphlebitic Syndrome
  • Chronic venous insufficiency causes the skin to turn red or reddish brown and to develop scaling, weeping, and crusting. The changes are easily visible in both light-skinned (top) and dark-skinned (bottom) people.

    Images provided by Thomas Habif, MD.

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