It’s Pop Quiz Friday 6/22! Let’s see if you get it right!
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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.
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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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PART 1
This June, I had the pleasure of attending the Real World Dermatology for Residents conference in Las Vegas. This conference brought together distinguished dermatologists from across the country to educate residents on practical topics that ranged from treatment guidelines, to clinical pears, to advice about achieving success on the boards. Here are some of the pearls I took … 
Connective tissue diseases are a boards favorite, and lab interpretation, including identifying ANA patterns from photos, are fair game. I’ve put together the following table of ANA patterns as well as their associated disease states and autoantibodies for easy memorization (and easy points!).
Image sources:
Centromere: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Centromere-staining_fig9_452 … 
Histology of these lesions in a patient with sarcoidosis would most likely show:
A) Granulomatous inflammation
B) Lobular panniculitis
C) Necrotizing vasculitis
D) Septal panniculitis
E) Thrombophlebitis
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Question provided by Dr. Adam Friedman
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Which of the following is not true of this condition?
A) Associated with twin gestation
B) Associated with primigravidas
C) Associated with premature labor
D) Associated with maternal obesity
E) Associated with third trimester of pregnancy
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