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Clinical Quiz Jun 2019

This 70 odd years old Caucasian gentleman presented with stinging on his scalp but was found incidentally to have a small red scaly plaque lesion in the midst of his scalp vertex


King-man Ho

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Clinical history:

This 70 odd years old Caucasian gentleman presented with stinging on his scalp but was found incidentally to have a small red scaly plaque lesion in the midst of his scalp vertex.


What are the clinical diagnoses?



A. Actinic keratosis with background of acute sunburn.
B. Squamous cell carcinoma with background of chronic sun damaged skin.
C. Common warts with background of acute sunburn.
D. Actinic keratosis with background of chronic sun damaged skin.

Answer:
A. Actinic keratosis with background of acute sunburn.

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The slide and the question were prepared by:
Dr King-man Ho, FRCP (Glasg, Edin), MRCP (UK), FHKCP, FHKAM (Medicine)
Consultant Dermatologist-in-Charge,
Social Hygiene Service, PHSB, CHP, DH

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