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What is this vascular condition?

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Prominent, macular hemangioma

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What is this condition? What is it filled with?

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Ganglion cyst, filled with clear gelatinous mucin

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What is this condition? What is it filled with?

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Mucous/mucoid/myxoid/digital mucoid cyst

Filled with clear gelatinous viscous fluid

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What is the name of this asymptomatic, soft, benign papule that is derived from a dilated venule?

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Venous Lake

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What is the name of this condition? It is accompanied by on and off, mild flu symptoms x2-3 weeks.

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Parvo virus/5th disease/Erythema infectiosa

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What is this condition that has pain 3 days prior to lesion presentation?

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Shingles/Herpes zoster

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What is this contagious condition that presents with papules? What is going on with the papule next to the yellow arrow?

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Molluscum contagiosum

The one next to the arrow is dying

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What is this condition in which the infected area is tender, warm, deep red and swollen?

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Cellulitis

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What condition is this?

What would be the result of Wood’s lamp testing and KOH?

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Tinea Cruris

Wood’s lamp: Neg

KOH: Pos

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What is this condition?

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Viral warts/HPV

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What is this condition? What is conservative treatment for this condition? What treatment would you consider if conservative treatment didn’t work?

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Furuncle/Boil

Conservative care: warm, moist compresses

If conservative care fails: Incision and drainage

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What is this condition?

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Pediculosis, lice w/nits

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What is this condition? And what is the topical treatment?

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Impetigo

Topical treatment: Mupirocin (pseudomonic acid)

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What is this condition? How does it develop?

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Pyogenic granuloma

Develops after a minor trauma

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What is this very itchy condition?

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Scabies

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What is this chronic infection with white debris covering the surface of the tongue and bleeds when it is scraped off?

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Thrush/Candida

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What is the condition which has macule, papules and painful itchy vesicles that crust within 8-12 hours and have multiple crops?

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Chicken pox

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What is this very itchy condition? Where are they most numerous? And where is it most commonly found in infants?

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Scabies

Most numerous around: axillae, chest, and abdomen

Infants: palms and soles of feet

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What is this chronic, recurrent, intensely pruritic vesicles, papules, and uticarial plaques that are arranged in groups?

What is this condition associated with?

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Dermatitis herpetiformis

Associated with gluten-sensitive

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What is the term used to describe fingertip inoculation from herpes simplex?

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Herpetic Whitlow

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What is this condition and what would be positive on KOH?

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Tinea corpora

Postive for hyphae on KOH

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What is this condition that comes from a recent tick bite which is a broad oval area of erythema has slowly migrated from the central area?

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Erythema migrans

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What is this condition that has pain with lateral pressure?

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Plantar wart

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What is this condition and what can cause it?

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Cellulits

Haemophilus influenzae

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What is this condition?
Chicken Pox
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What is the time frame for development of macules, papules, and vesicles of chicken pox?
8-12 hours
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What is this condition?
Genital warts
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What is this recurrent condition of grouped vesicles of uniform size on an erythematous base. There will be tenderness, pain, mild paresthesia or burning before onset.
Herpes simplex
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What is this condition and what is the KOH characteristic?
Tinea versicolor KOH - "spaghetti and meatballs"
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What is this condition?
Impetigo
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What is the term used to describe an inflamed tinea capitis?
Kerion
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What is this chronic multiple red lesions?
Cherry angioma
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What is this condition and when does it resolve?
Hand, foot, mouth disease/Coxsackie virus Self-resolves 7-10 days
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What is this condition that has scaling, itchy, redness with hair loss in a circular patch and is very communicable? What is a contraindication to this condition?
Tinea capitis (and if it gets worse - Kerions) Massage is contraindicated
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What is this condition of acquired light or dark-brown hyperpigmentation? What is the incidence/etiology?
Melasma Incidence/etiology: pregnancy (mask of pregnancy), combo hormone replacement, thyroid dyfxn, genetics, UV radiation, cosmetics, anti-seizure meds
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What is this condition and what is it related to?
Chicken pox and pox scars Related to shingles
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What is this condition? What are 8 predisposing factors?
Candida Predisposing factors: DM, obesity, hyperhydrosis, occlusion, maceration, weak digestion, corticosteroids, antibiotics
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What is this condition? What is it caused by?
Ecthyma/Ulcerative impetigo Caused by: beta-hemolytic strep
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What is this condition and under examination with ultraviolet A light from a Wood's lamp, the rash exhibits what?
Erythrasma coral-red fluorescence
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What is this condition that has fine scaling macules that have zero to mild itching and is most commonly found on the trunk, back, and proximal parts of extremities?
Tinea versicolor
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What is tinea versicolor cause by?
Normal fungus found on the skin converting into a parasitic form
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What is this condition and with which other conditions is it associated?
Vitiligo Assoc. w/: thyroid dz (30%), alopecia, Addison's dz, pernicious anemia, type 1 diabetes, chronic candida, melanoma
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What must be ruled out when diagnosing vitiligo?
Fungus and post inflammatory hypopigmentation
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How is vitiligo managed?
Sunscreen, oral/topical psoralens w/UVA (6-24mo. course) UVB (6-12mo. course)
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What is this condition and what precedes the rash?
Roseola High fever followed by rash
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What is this condition?
Candidiasis
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What is this condition? What would a culture be positive for?
Hot tub folliculitis Culture positive for pseudomonas
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What is this condition that has numerous papules giving a sandpaper-like texture to the skin? What precedes this condition?
Scarlet fever Recent sore throat
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What is the source of this condition?
Bed bugs
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What is this condition that has successive crops that continue for 3-7 days? What happens next?
Shingles It dries out and crusts w/in 7 days and clears in 2-3 weeks
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What is this condition?
Tinea capitis
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What is this condition?
Lice/nits
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What is this condition? What are the symptoms and what is the pain pattern?
Shingles Symptoms: pain (pricking, sharp, boring) and paresthesia (itch, tingling, burning) Dermatomal
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What is this enlarged, swollen mass with purulent material beginning to exude from several points on the surface?
Abscess
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What is this?
Wart
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What is this condition? Papules w/25% having umbilication
Molluscum contagiosum
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What is this condition?
Genital warts
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What is this condition?
Candidiasis
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What is this condition?
Rubeola
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What is this condition that has painful lesions with lateral pressure?
Plantar wart
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What is this condition? What is it caused by?
Erysipiloid Caused by gram positive rod from raw fish or meat contact
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What is this condition? What is it associated with?
Pitted keratolysis Assoc. w/ pedal hyperhidrosis and negative KOH
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What is this condition?
Chelazion/Meibobion Cyst
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What is this condition? What are 5 characteristics of this condition?
Chondrodermatitis nodularis chronicus helicis Painful lesions, central crust, apex (MC), long standing, dense rolled edge
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What is this condition of benign macules that appear in chronically sun-exposed areas?
Solar lentigo/Liver spots
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What is this condition?
Mouth candida/Thrush
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What is this condition that is a severe inflammatory, boggy, indurated tumor-like mass?
Kerion/tinea capitis
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What is this condition?
Milia
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What is this condition?
Skin tag
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What is severe, persistent pruritus, worse after bathing, and worse at night in bed?
Scabies
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What is this condition? What percent is visible without magnification?
Genital warts Only 1% to 2% are visible w/out magnification
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T/F: Most sexually active adults are subclinically infected
True
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What is this condition?
Pediculosis
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What are treatment options for pediculosis?
Pomades (petrolatum, mayonnaise, and pomades) for 10 minutes, but not eggs (nit), Nit combing daily, neem (Koodies shampoo), 1% permethrin (Nix), pyrethrins (Rid), lindane, malathion Fomite control-clean and vacuumed
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What is this condition? What are the two parts of this condition?
Syphillis Primary & Secondary
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T/F: Primary syphilis is contagious and there is the presence of painless chancres
True
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T/F: Secondary syphilis is not contagious and is disseminated
FALSE: Secondary syphilis IS contagious and is disseminated
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Superficial trimming of plantar warts reveals what?
Small pinpoint bleeding (capillaries)
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What is the impact of pressure on plantar warts?
Flatten by pressure and lateral pressure causes pain
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What is this condition? What is it caused by?
Molluscum contagiosum Caused by poxvirus
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What is this conditions that has pinpoint papules and desquamation of the tips of toes?
Scarlet Fever
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What are two signs noticed in scarlet fever?
Strawberry tongue (day 4-7 in untx'd cases) Pastia's sign
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What is this condition? What pharmaceutical intervention should be administered within 24-48 hours to decrease the intensity and duration by half?
Shingles Acyclovir
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What are some natural remedies that help treat shingles?
Monolaurin, olive leaf, elderberry, B12 IM, Andrographis, capsaicin, lidocaine patches, moxa, acupuncture, homeopathy, NSAIDs, bed rest
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What is this condition of acquired loss of pigmentation?
Vitiligo
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What condition has skin lesions that are white macules that are sharply marginated, (5mm-5cm)? What are the most commonly affected areas of this condition?
Vitiligo Face and extremities
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What is this condition and what is it caused by?
Cellulitis-Strep Haemophilus influenzae
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What is this condition that has diffuse brown, scaly plaques that resembles tinea? What causes this condition? And where is it most commonly found?
Erythrasma Bacterial Infxn (Corynebacterium minutissimum) - gram + MC: 3rd & 4th toe web and genital-crural region
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What is this condition?
Rubeola
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What is this condition?
Shingles
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What is this condition? What is the treatment?
Pitted keratolysis Tx: wear cotton socks (change frequently), consider agents to reduce moisture, topical antibiotic
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What is this condition that is an infection of the dermis and sub-Q tissue? What are the causes?
Cellulitis Adults: A streptococcus Kids: Haemophilus influenzae B
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Where is cellulits most commonly seen? What are symptoms and sequelae?
Legs or Face S/sx: warm, tender, swollen, red area Sequelae: fever, enlarged nodes, red streak
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What is this condition with an acute, deep-seated, red, hot, tender nodule or abscess?
Boil/furuncle
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What is this condition? What is a treatment option?
Bullous impetigo Tx: topcial Mupirocin (pseudomonic acid)
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What is this condition that has a thick, honey/yellow adherent crust covering the entire eroded surface?
Impetigo
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What is this condition that have numerous erosions that appeared after contact with an asymptomatic carrier?
Herpes Simplex
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What is this condition that is a result of superficial bacterial infection of the hair follicles that form papules or pustules often surrounded by erythematous halo? What is the most common bug that causes it? What is this condition caused by?
Folliculits Most common bug: S. aureus Caused by: friction, blockage of follicle, shaving
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T/F: Folliculitis causes serious scarring
FALSE! Folliculitis has no scarring
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What is this condition that has oral lesions that are usually painful causing a refusal to eat? What is the common duration of this condition?
Coxsackie Duration: 7-10 days (but can be longer)
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What is this condition whose infected areas are tender, deep red, and swollen?
Cellulitis
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What is this communicable condition that has prodrome to crust? And what is a treatment for decreasing duration and intensity by half?
Chicken pox Acyclovir w/in 24hrs
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What is this condition? What causes this condition? And to which level of skin does the infection extend?
Ecthyma/Ulcerative Impetigo Caused by: Group A beta-hemolytic streptococci Infxn extends into dermis
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What is this condition with over 150 types?
HPV
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What is this condition? And which sign would be positive?
Tinea versicolor Fingernail Scratch Sign
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What is this condition?
Spider angioma
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What is this condition that has a nodular mass of dilated vessels? This is the most common tumor of which age group? And what is the resolution rate?
Hemangiomas of infancy/Strawberry hemangioma MC tumor of infancy 80-90% resolves spontaneously w/in 5-8 years
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What is this usually pruritic condition consisting of transient edematous papules and plaques that can last hours to months? What is the most important mediator of this condition?
Urticaria/Hives Histamine
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What is this condition? What are possible etiologies? And what is a "sign" associated with this condition?
Alopecia areata Etiology: autoimmune (Hashimoto's, vitiligo, myasthenia gravis) Exclamation Point Hairs
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What is this condition?
Lipoma
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What is this condition that usually starts in the oral mucosa that causes painful tender mouth lesions that lead to hoarseness, dysphagia, weakness, and weight loss? What sign is associated with this condition?
Pemphigus vulgaris Nikolsky Sign
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What is this rare, relatively benign, autoimmune condition that has pruritic uticarial lesions that may precede bullae and may have moderate to severe itching?
Bullous pemphigoid

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