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Your next patient has iron deficiency anemia and you have ruled out gastrointestinal bleeding as the cause. Your next step will be:

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is caused by the bite of a: 

What dermatologic condition is commonly referred to as the “Mask of Pregnancy”?

A premenopausal female is diagnosed with androgenetic alopecia. Which medication will you order?  

A 23-year-old male presents to your office concerned about lymphadenopathy in his neck along with pruritis. He is also complaining of night sweats and has noticed a low-grade fever. He is has not had any weight changes and otherwise feels well.  On exam, you find enlarged supraclavicular lymph nodes.  What is the likely diagnosis?

A lesion that is red, annular, with central clearing and an active, scaly boarder on the abdomen is most likely: 

The treatment plan for a patient presenting with a severe case of herpetic whitlow will include all of the following except:

Which area list will have the highest amount of absorption of a topical medication?

A 3-year-old girl is brought to you after she is noted to have small pink spots on her lower extremities and bleeding from her gums.  She had a URI a couple of weeks ago.  You notice petechial lesions on lower extremities and purpura on her oropharynx.  The mother denies any other bleeding issues.  You obtain a complete blood cell count which is normal except for platelet count of 15,000 (normal 150,000-450,000 pl/mL) and you suspect immune thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP).  Which of the following may have led to this patient’s development of ITP?

You are evaluating an otherwise healthy patient that has concerns about redness, warmth and mild swelling to the left leg.  He did have a superficial cut to the area several days prior to the onset of redness. Over the last 24 hours, has also noticed increased fatigue, low grade fever and body aches.  On exam, this is what you see (refer to photo below).  What is the most likely diagnosis and recommended first line treatment? The patient has no known drug allergies and is not on any other medications.