Roadmap After Residency Training
The opportunities in dermatology are endless, and choosing a single option to pursue may seem both exciting and limiting. The ultimate destiny of your career is going to be based on interests that are in harmony with the practice setting you choose, combined with additional training after residency. However, nearly every dermatologist goes through some form of “mid-life crisis” in their ca …
The opportunities in dermatology are endless, and choosing a single option to pursue may seem both exciting and limiting. The ultimate destiny of your career is going to be based on interests that are in harmony with the practice setting you choose, combined with additional training after residency. However, nearly every dermatologist goes through some form of “mid-life crisis” in their ca … 
This patient also has extensive oral erosions. He tells you his only new medication is dicloxacillin, which he is taking for impetigo. How many days prior to development of the pictured eruption did this patient most likely begin taking dicloxacillin?
A. Hours-2 days
B. 7-21 days
C. 21-56 days
D. 60-90 days
E. >180 days
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All of the following are true regarding the condition pictured EXCEPT:
A. Perilesional direct immunofluroescence shows granular IgA in the dermal papillae and at the dermoepidermal junction.
B. Only 20% of patients have a gluten-sensitive enteropathy.
C. It is associated with HLA-DQ2, HLA-DR3, and HLA-B8.
D. It is associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
E. Cutaneous findings ar … 
Which of the following agent(s) has been most effective in treating severe ocular cicatricial pemphigoid?
A. Cyclophosphamide
B. Mycophenolate mofetil
C. Cyclophosphamide + corticosteroids
D. Cyclosporine
E. Azathioprine
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Biopsy of this lesion reveals massive papillary dermal edema, a diffuse neutrophilic infiltrate, and a lack of vasculitis. Stains for infectious organisms are negative. What is the first line treatment?
A. Dapsone
B. Colchicine
C. Thalidomide
D. Potassium iodide
E. Prednisone
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