Reactive Dermal Infiltrates – Friday Pop Quiz 01/29
A pregnant 33-year-old female presents with the shown painful lesions that appeared abruptly one week ago. She additionally has been febrile to 38.3C with malaise and headaches. What do you expect to find on biopsy of a representative lesion?
A. Perivascular neutrophils with fibrinoid necrosis and RBC extravasation
B. Apoptotic individual keratinocytes with intracellular spongiosis
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A pregnant 33-year-old female presents with the shown painful lesions that appeared abruptly one week ago. She additionally has been febrile to 38.3C with malaise and headaches. What do you expect to find on biopsy of a representative lesion?
A. Perivascular neutrophils with fibrinoid necrosis and RBC extravasation
B. Apoptotic individual keratinocytes with intracellular spongiosis
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VeryWell Health recently posted an article about a study that showed stress from COVID-19 -- and perhaps the virus itself – may be leading to an increase in hair loss cases.
For an expert opinion, I contacted Chesahna Kindred, MD, MBA, FAAD, a dermatologist in practice in Columbia, Md.
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A 24 month-old infant presents with red-brown, crusted papules with petechiae in a seborrheic distribution. A biopsy is done to confirm a diagnosis. Which histologic picture is most likely?
A. CD1-, S100- cells with reniform nuclei
B. Foamy histiocytes with Touton giant cells
C. CD1+, S100+ cells with reniform nuclei
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