SDN What’s Causing These Pruritic Lesions?

What’s Causing These Pruritic Lesions?

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Updated February 27, 2019 by Figure 1
Student Doctor Network Review: Volume 13, Issue 1, Article 17

A 38-year-old man presents with itchy, scaly lesions on his elbows and small, erythematous papules in the web spaces of his fingers. What is the most likely diagnosis?

A. Atopic dermatitis
B. Scabies
C. Psoriasis
D. Tinea corporis

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