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urticaria
bingousmle - 05-19-10 09:19
A 33-year-old woman comes to the local health clinic because for the last 6 months she has had recurrent urticarial lesions, which occasionally leave a residual discoloration. She also has had arthralgias. Sedimentation rate obtained now is 85 mm/h. The procedure most likely to yield the correct diagnosis in the case would be
A: a battery of wheal-and-flare allergy skin tests
B: measurement of total serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) concentration
C: measurement of C1 esterase inhibitor activity
D: skin biopsy
E: patch testing
bingousmle - 05-19-10 09:19
A 33-year-old woman comes to the local health clinic because for the last 6 months she has had recurrent urticarial lesions, which occasionally leave a residual discoloration. She also has had arthralgias. Sedimentation rate obtained now is 85 mm/h. The procedure most likely to yield the correct diagnosis in the case would be
A: a battery of wheal-and-flare allergy skin tests
B: measurement of total serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) concentration
C: measurement of C1 esterase inhibitor activity
D: skin biopsy
E: patch testing
The correct answer and explanation will be available after you answer.
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Re: urticaria babbu5508 - 05-25-10 02:46 My answer is: b.
The procedure most likely to yield the correct diagnosis in the case would be B: measurement of total serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) concentration
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Re: urticaria chongyen - 11-30-11 07:47 My answer is: c.
because this is a case of hereditary hemangioma
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