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    Strange mark(s) on skin. Rash? Overlying swollen vein / lymph vessel in neck

    This is a strange one. The photo shows some marks on the left side of my neck. Now this rash - if you can call it that - does not bother me. The reason I post is because the largest mark/spot (about a thrid of the way up the photo) lies directly over what seems to me to be a swollen vein or...