A 27-year-old female presents to the ER of a local hospital. She has a cough and complains of shortness of breath. An elevated temperature is noted along
with an increased pulse rate. She states that her daughter had stayed home
from school for the past few days and was diagnosed with an upper
respiratory viral infection.
Answer questions below using the scenario above.

ANSWER: C

Keratoacanthoma is a relatively common lesion in the elderly, but is difficult to distinguish from squamous

cell carcinoma. However, it is easily distinguished from Bowen's disease, basal cell carcinoma, Kaposi's

sarcoma, and seborrheic keratosis. Most keratoacanthomas undergo a benign self-healing course but may

leave a large, unsightly scar. Treatment is almost always preferred, both for cosmetic reasons and to

prevent the rare case of malignant transformation. Proper treatment for a lesion with this appearance is

excisional biopsy in order to distinguish between keratoacanthoma and squamous cell carcinoma.lanation:

OF COURSE! YUMM

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