1. A 40 year old female presents in the office with light color splotches on her

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1. A 40 year old female presents in the office with light color splotches on her torso. Her medical history includes Hypothyroidism, diagnosed at 12 and Type Diabetes Mellitus, diagnosed at 18. Which disease is most likely associated with her symptoms?
a. Vitiligo
b. Xeroderma Pigmentosum
c. Cystic Fibrosis
d. Squamous Cell Carcinoma
e. Malignant Melanoma
2. A 35 year male fisherman, presents in the dermatology office for the first time. You observe several dark colored lesion on his shoulders and neck. They are asymmetrical with irregular borders and various colors. Which disease is most likely associated with his symptoms?
a. Vitiligo
b. Xeroderma Pigmentosum
c. Cystic Fibrosis
d. Squamous Cell Carcinoma
e. Malignant Melanoma 1. A 40 year old female presents in the office with light color splotches on her torso. Her medical history includes Hypothyroidism, diagnosed at 12 and Type Diabetes Mellitus, diagnosed at 18. Which disease is most likely associated with her symptoms?
a. Vitiligo
b. Xeroderma Pigmentosum
c. Cystic Fibrosis
d. Squamous Cell Carcinoma
e. Malignant Melanoma
2. A 35 year male fisherman, presents in the dermatology office for the first time. You observe several dark colored lesion on his shoulders and neck. They are asymmetrical with irregular borders and various colors. Which disease is most likely associated with his symptoms?
a. Vitiligo
b. Xeroderma Pigmentosum
c. Cystic Fibrosis
d. Squamous Cell Carcinoma
e. Malignant Melanoma 1. A 40 year old female presents in the office with light color splotches on her torso. Her medical history includes Hypothyroidism, diagnosed at 12 and Type Diabetes Mellitus, diagnosed at 18. Which disease is most likely associated with her symptoms?
a. Vitiligo
b. Xeroderma Pigmentosum
c. Cystic Fibrosis
d. Squamous Cell Carcinoma
e. Malignant Melanoma
2. A 35 year male fisherman, presents in the dermatology office for the first time. You observe several dark colored lesion on his shoulders and neck. They are asymmetrical with irregular borders and various colors. Which disease is most likely associated with his symptoms?
a. Vitiligo
b. Xeroderma Pigmentosum
c. Cystic Fibrosis
d. Squamous Cell Carcinoma
e. Malignant Melanoma

Explanation / Answer

1. a. Vitiligo

Explanation -

As the patient already had Hypothyroidism and Type I Diabetes (you missed to mention type of diabetes but T1DM is more common than T2DM in hypothyroidism). These 2 disease indicate that patient has some Autoimmune Dysfunction as the most common cause of Hypothyroidism is Hashimoto's (in Non iodine deficient area) which is a autoimmune diseases and most common cause of T1DM is also autoimmune disease..

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2. Malignant Melanoma - already explained (look at the features of malignant melanoma in previous answer).

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