Urticarial Plaques – Friday Pop Quiz 1/3/2025
A woman in her 2nd trimester of pregnancy presents to clinic with urticarial plaques and papules around her umbilicus, chest and extremities. Tense vesicles are present within a few of the erythematous plaques. This woman's condition is most commonly associated with:
A. Lymphoma
B. First trimester of pregnancy
C. Grave's Disease
D. Inflammatory Bowel Disease
E. Lupus
To find ou …
A woman in her 2nd trimester of pregnancy presents to clinic with urticarial plaques and papules around her umbilicus, chest and extremities. Tense vesicles are present within a few of the erythematous plaques. This woman's condition is most commonly associated with:
A. Lymphoma
B. First trimester of pregnancy
C. Grave's Disease
D. Inflammatory Bowel Disease
E. Lupus
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A 35 y/o female is found to have mismatch repair protein mutations and this finding. Which of the following is the next best step?
A. Check BUN/Cr
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D. Urinary cytology
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