What are the symptoms of a venous skin ulcer? The first sign of a venous skin ulcer is skin that turns dark red or purple over the area where the blood is leaking out of the vein. The skin also may ...

Bulging bluish to purple veins may not be the only skin condition you experience if ... break down over time and form painful varicose leg ulcers or open sores, most often near your ankle.

The largest ulcer was 5.5 cm in diameter. The skin surrounding each of the ulcers was hyperpigmented, wrinkled and scarred (Figure 1). The ulcer floor was tender on palpation and did not bleed on ...