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Diagnostic dilemma: Whiplike rashes appeared on a woman's back after she ate shiitake mushrooms - Live Science

By Mindy Weisberger

Diagnostic dilemma: Whiplike rashes appeared on a woman's back after she ate shiitake mushrooms - Live Science

A woman developed bright-red rashes on her back that looked like marks from a whip, and at first, it wasn't clear what caused them.

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