Conjunctival Injection – Friday Pop Quiz 11/19/21
A 4-year-old boy presents to your clinic having recently returned from visiting family in the Philippines. His parents report that he has fever, cough, and nasal congestion. On exam, you notice conjunctival injection and the lesions pictured below. He does not have a rash. What is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Kawasaki disease
B. Rubeola
C. Hand-Foot-Mouth disease
D. Herpangina
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A 4-year-old boy presents to your clinic having recently returned from visiting family in the Philippines. His parents report that he has fever, cough, and nasal congestion. On exam, you notice conjunctival injection and the lesions pictured below. He does not have a rash. What is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Kawasaki disease
B. Rubeola
C. Hand-Foot-Mouth disease
D. Herpangina
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This patient presents with an intensely pruritis rash. KOH examination is negative. She denies any recent travel, however does take her 2 year old to the local playground where there is a sandbox. Which of the following is most appropriate?
A. This is likely a dermatophyte despite a negative KOH. Treat with topical antifungals
B. Inform the patient she is contagious and should isolate he … 
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In addition to the lesions seen on the feet of this young man he also had geographic tongue, erythematous plaques on his penis and arthritis, what HLA type is associated with this syndrome?
A. HLA-B27
B. HLA-B51
C. HLA-DR1
D. HLA-DR3
E. HLA-DQW2
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A 42 year-old woman has the findings pictured, as well as erythematous patches on the upper chest and shoulders. No Raynaud's, polyarthritis, pulmonary, or cardiac involvement is noted. Which antibody might you expect to be present in this patient?
A. Anti-SRB
B. Anti-Jo-1
C. Anti-Mi-2
D. Anti-Ku
E. Anti-La
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