Name of patient : Alaina Winchell    

Email address : alainathecutie@yahoo.com

Adult :  24 years old

Location: Tampa, FL

Area(s) of body affected : Right leg and hip

Personal History:  

I was diagnosed yesterday and have had no treatment. For as long as I can remember I have always felt the leg was "different."  When I was little and my parents would dry me off after a bath I remember freaking out when they would try to dry off my right leg. It felt tender and I didn't like it to be touched. When I was 17 my leg got really big (compared to the other leg) and has stayed that way since. I went to the doctor because I was having a constant dull pain in the leg and I was having shooting pain in my shin to my knee. My shin has a large lump on it that is extremely painful.

I don't know if this has anything to do with melo but my left leg is covered in what appear to be "freckles." The USF dermatology department doesn't know what it is or what is causing it. The supposed freckles go all the way up to my hip and stops.  I can send a picture if needed.


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