Friday Pop Quiz 12/20/2024
This 48 year old woman tells you these lesions began as "acne bumps" on her legs. A biopsy reveals ulceration and a mixed inflammatory infiltrate, including neutrophils. A tissue culture for infectious organisms is negative. What is the most likely underlying systemic condition in this patient?
A. Celiac disease
B. Ovarian cancer
C. Chronic pancreatitis
D. IgA monoclonal gammopathy …
This 48 year old woman tells you these lesions began as "acne bumps" on her legs. A biopsy reveals ulceration and a mixed inflammatory infiltrate, including neutrophils. A tissue culture for infectious organisms is negative. What is the most likely underlying systemic condition in this patient?
A. Celiac disease
B. Ovarian cancer
C. Chronic pancreatitis
D. IgA monoclonal gammopathy … 
Which of the following cells is most responsible for producing the pictured skin lesions?
A. Macrophages
B. Lymphocytes
C. Mast cells
D. Neutrophils
E. Eosinophils
To find out the correct answer and read the explanation, click here.
Adam Smith’s famous book, The Wealth of Nations, published in Great Britain in 1776, distinguished between the outputs of what he termed "produc … 
Which of the following cells is most likely to be seen in a biopsy of a lesion from this 1-day-old child?
A. Eosinophils
B. Histiocytes
C. Lymphocytes
D. Mast cells
E. Neutrophils
To find out the correct answer and read the explanation, click here. … 
Which of the following cell types is most likely to be found on a Wright-Giemsa stain of fluid from the lesions shown on this 2-day-old child?
A. Basophils
B. Eosinophils
C. Histiocytes
D. Mast cells
E. Neutrophils
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On this Mnemonic Monday, we challenge you to remember the stages of wound healing: vascular phase (immediate), inflammatory phase (6h-10 days), proliferative phase (24hrs-14 days), wound contraction and remodeling (10days-1 year), with the following mnemonic:
VIP Room
V= vascular
Formation of a fibrin plug
I= inflammatory
First 72hours= neutrophils, 3+ days= macrophages, 6+ days=lymphocytes, … 