Your Patient Is a 64-Year-Old Female Who Presents with Complaints

question 13

Multiple Choice

Your patient is a 64-year-old female who presents with complaints of a red, scaly rash on the nipple and areola of one breast. It has been present for a few months. There is no mass or nipple discharge. You should be suspicious of:

• A) Contact dermatitis
• B) Mastitis
• C) Paget's disease
• D) Eczema

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