Ulceration of the skin of the legs may occur in Mediterranean disease. Such ulceration cannot be distinguished grossly from that occurring in sickle cell anemia and congenital hemolytic icterus. The outstanding histologic feature (noted at biopsy of one of these ulcers) is the prominent deposition of iron in the cutis.

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© 1948 by American Society of Hematology, Inc.
1948
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