Derm In-Review

Cutaneous Reaction – Friday Pop Quiz – 11/30
cutaneous reactionYou are called to evaluate a patient that recently returned from a trip to Mexico with these cutaneous findings. Upon further questioning, he reports being on oral doxycycline for Lyme disease for the past 14 days. What is the major contributor of this cutaneous reaction? A.) UVA B.) UVA1 C.) UVB D.) UVC E.) Visible Light To find out the correct answer and read the explanation, click he …
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Cutaneous Adverse Reaction – Friday Pop Quiz – 11/16
cutaneous adverse reactionThe patient developed this cutaneous adverse reaction 2 weeks after starting a clinical trial medication. What is the mechanism of action of the culprit medication? A). Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor B.) Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha inhibitor C.) Smoothened inhibitor D.) BRAF inhibitor E.) Programmed cell death (PD)-1 inhibitor To find out the correct answer a …
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Vesicular Eruption – Friday Pop Quiz – 11/2/2018
vesicular eruptionYou are called to evaluate a patient with a new onset vesicular eruption that developed 7 days after starting intravenous vancomycin. At what level of the dermoepidermal  junction is the target antigen found?               A). Lamina lucida B.) Lamina densa C.) Sublamina densa D.) Basal keratinocyte E.) Lamina reticularis &n …
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