Friday Pop Quiz 8/15/2025
Your patient with extensive actinic damage and many of the lesions seen here is interested in field therapy with a light-based modality. On a cellular level, how does photodynamic therapy kill cells that make up this lesion?
A. Heat shock proteins
B. Inhibition of pyrimidine nucleotide synthesis
C. Neutrophil-mediated, antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity
D. Reactive singlet ox …
Your patient with extensive actinic damage and many of the lesions seen here is interested in field therapy with a light-based modality. On a cellular level, how does photodynamic therapy kill cells that make up this lesion?
A. Heat shock proteins
B. Inhibition of pyrimidine nucleotide synthesis
C. Neutrophil-mediated, antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity
D. Reactive singlet ox … 
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What condition on the eyelids is depicted in the image?
A. Eruptive xanthoma
B. Xanthelasma
C. Plane xanthomas
D. Verruciform xanthomas
E. Tuberous xanthomas
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