It’s Pop Quiz Friday 6/29! Let’s see if you get it right!
Which dermoscopic features are illustrated here?
A) Reticular pattern and milky-red globules
B) Atypical pigment network & blue-white veil
C) Globular pattern & radial streaks
D) Homogenous pattern & pseudopoding
E) Starburst pattern & regression
To find out the correct answer and read the explanation, click here.
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Which dermoscopic features are illustrated here?
A) Reticular pattern and milky-red globules
B) Atypical pigment network & blue-white veil
C) Globular pattern & radial streaks
D) Homogenous pattern & pseudopoding
E) Starburst pattern & regression
To find out the correct answer and read the explanation, click here.
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PART 2
Here are some more clinical pearls from the 2018 residents conference. If you haven’t read part one, you can find it here.
From Dr. Dee Anna Glaser’s “What You Really Need to Know about Treating the Aging Face: Fillers and Toxins”:
Evaluation during consultation is key. Ask the patient what they would like done, and what their budget is. While choosing treatm … 
It’s time for a review of Dr. Adam Friedman’s presentation, “Complexities of Managing Inflammatory Diseases,” which was another one of the popular lectures from ODAC 2018. This lecture was case-based and full of helpful pearls. So let’s get to it!
CASE #1: 70-year-old female with red, pruritic “rash” involving her face, trunk, and extremities for several months. The rest of her hi … 
Late last year, a piece in the New York Times brought together several politically charged issues in our specialty and thrust them into the national spotlight. Katie Hefner and Griffin Palmer’s “Skin Cancers Rise, Along With Questionable treatments” sought to investigate the ethics behind diagnosing and treating skin cancer. The scope of the article was actually quite broad, touching on the … 
What is the next step when seeing this patient?
A) No further work up needed
B) Endoscopy to look for vascular malformations w/ potential GI bleeding
C) Careful follow up to monitor for malignant transformation, including possible imaging and biopsy in the future.
To find out the correct answer and read the explanation, click here.
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