62 yo male, h/o the top of the tractor fell on his back 2 we | Figure 1
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62 yo male, h/o the top of the tractor fell on his back 2 weeks ago so he thought this was a reaction to the trauma. Severe pruritus! (He had a similar lesion on his medial thigh a few months ago)
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