Neoplasm – Friday Pop Quiz
You would expect this neoplasm to:
A) Be painful on palpation
B) Have a high metastatic rate and poor prognosis
C) Disseminate to the skin from an internal focus
D) Dimple on lateral palpation
E) Have mutations in the SHH/PTCH signaling pathway
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You would expect this neoplasm to:
A) Be painful on palpation
B) Have a high metastatic rate and poor prognosis
C) Disseminate to the skin from an internal focus
D) Dimple on lateral palpation
E) Have mutations in the SHH/PTCH signaling pathway
To find out the correct answer and read the explanation, click here.
Want more? Continue testing your knowledge with more pop quizzes.
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January
18th Annual Caribbean Dermatology Symposium (Tristan Nelsen)
Jan 15 - 19
ODAC Dermatology Aesthetic & Surgical Conference (Sanovaworks)
Jan 18 - 21
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A.) The patient has lymphangioma circumscriptum.
B.) The patient likley will develop renal and cardiac failure.
C.) The patient should be refered for genetic counceling for accumulation of glycosphingolipids.
D.) An excisional biopsy should be taken
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