Friday Pop Quiz 5/8/2026

A 40 year old male presents to clinic with involvement of greater than 50% of his scalp. Topical therapies and intralesional injections in clinic have not resulted in much improvement. Before starting the appropriate FDA approved long-term oral medication, which laboratory blood work should be ordered?

A. Quantiferon gold test only

B. Fasting glucose, Hemoglobin A1C, lipid panel, and cortisol levels

C. CBC, CMP, urinanlysis, and antiphospholipid antibody panel

D. CBC, lipid panel, liver function tests, renal function, and quanterferon gold

E. No blood work is necessary

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