History: A man in his mid 60’s with a history of HTN presents with 1 week of mild pleuritic left sided chest pain. He saw his doctor who has referred him to a cardiologist that he has not yet seen. He denies any SOB, fever, cough or other complaints
Exam: Vital signs are normal. Exam is normal except when looking at his back you see this
Initial Test Results:
- EKG normal
- chest x-ray was normal
What is the most likely cause of the skin condition?
- A) fungal
- B) viral
- C) congenital
- D) traumatic
- E) none of the above
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QUIZ ANSWER:
- A) fungal
- B) viral – CORRECT – post herpetic hyperpigmentation and post-herpetic neuralgia
- C) congenital
- D) traumatic
- E) none of the above
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