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Dermatitis Herpetiformis & Linear IgA Disease — Topic Test

20 questions · exam mode (answers revealed at the end). 18 min suggested.

Q1.Easy#ImageBased#Drug_OfChoice#Clinical
A 6-year-old boy presents with a tense, itchy eruption around the mouth and on the limbs. Clinical examination shows large tense bullae arranged in a rosette around central crusts on the lower abdomen and a few sausage-shaped blisters on the hands, the so-called string-of-pearls pattern, with no mucosal involvement. Direct immunofluorescence shows linear IgA deposition along the basement membrane zone. What is the drug of choice?
ADapsone
BAzathioprine
CRituximab
DOral prednisolone