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Bruise won't go away

Hello.  I fell and hit my left shin bone on a rock ledge in December 2015.  The swelling was almost immediate to the size of a softball. And, within a couple of days I had bruising all the way down my shin and on both sides of my left ankle for approx. a week. I did not have it x-rayed at the time, so not sure if it was broken. It has been over 6 mos. and I still have an indentation on my shin bone and a grayish blue bruise where the impact occurred, about the size of a half-dollar.  Is this normal?  I don't have extreme pain in that area, but my leg sometimes aches and feels a little warm to the touch.  Is this something I need to have checked?
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