Path Lab 3

A 32-year-old graphic designer noticed a small, reddish-purple bump on her right forearm about six months ago. It is a well-defined, soft, compressible, and non-pulsatile mass measuring approximately 2 cm in diameter. The lesion is a bright red color.

• Melanoma

• Contact Dermatitis

• Hemangioma

• Verruca

• Nevus

35-year-old with raised, red patches of skin covered with silvery scales, primarily on their elbows, knees, and scalp. He also complains of knee and finger joint pain.

• Psoriasis

• Keloid

• Verruca

• Hemangioma

• Contact Dermatitis

A 35-year-old male presents with a complaint of multiple, small, rough-textured growths on his hands and fingers, which have been present for the past six months. Physical examination reveals several flesh-colored papules with a rough surface.

• Hemangioma

• Psoriasis

• Verruca

• Contact Dermatitis

• Basal Cell Carcinoma

A 35-year-old woman presents with a two-week history of an itchy, red rash on her hands and forearms. She reports that the rash appeared shortly after she started using a new brand of dishwashing detergent. On examination, there are erythematous, scaly patches with well-defined borders and some vesicles.

• Hemangioma

• Psoriasis

• Basal Cell Carcinoma

• Contact dermatitis

• Nevus

A 65-year-old male farmer with a slowly enlarging, shiny, pearly papule on his right cheek. Over the past year, the lesion has developed a central ulceration and prominent telangiectatic vessels on its surface.

• Basal cell carcinoma

• Keloid

• Melanoma

• Contact Dermatitis

• Psoriasis

A 52-year-old male surfer presents to the dermatology clinic with a new, irregularly shaped, darkly pigmented lesion on his upper back, which he noticed about three months ago. The lesion has grown in size and occasionally bleeds. On examination, the lesion measures 1.5 cm in diameter, with asymmetrical borders, variegated colors (including shades of black, brown, and red), and a raised surface.

• Basal cell carcinoma

• Nevus

• Melanoma

• Actinic keratosis

• Contact Dermatitis

A 35-year-old woman presents to the dermatology clinic for evaluation of a mole on her left forearm. She reports that the mole has been present since childhood and has not changed in size, shape, or color over the years. It is a well-circumscribed, uniformly pigmented, light brown macule measuring 5 mm in diameter.

• Psoriasis

• Hemangioma

• Nevus

• Actinic keratosis

• Psoriasis

20-year-old female with right ear piercing, now complains of a 2 cm enlarging nodular ear mass that slowly developed over 6 months.

• Melanoma

• Verruca

• Contact Dermatitis

• Hemangioma

• Keloid