89 yo woman presents to urgent care for an “abscess” that sh | Figure 1

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Family Medicine

89 yo woman presents to urgent care for an "abscess" that she would like us to drain. She states that our clinic drained it once before, about two years ago, and all was well until approximately one week ago when she had a rapid evolution of the lesion pictured.

The lesion is approximately 15 mm across at the base (not counting the surrounding erythema).

What do you think? Is this an abscess? Should we attempt to drain it? If not, how would you advise this patient.

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