67 years old male patient. he has HT and there isnt any ot | Figure 1

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67 years old male patient. he has HT and there isnt any other chronic disease. 50 days ago, he had rush and edema on his foot. after the edema he had some scar like that. 7 days ago he had cough and orthopnea. now he has hsm. sedimentation: 51, CRP: 13.9. cultures negative. we are checking for thrombophlebitis. any idea?

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