A 65-Year-Old Man Comes to the Office Due to 2

question 606

Multiple Choice

A 65-year-old man comes to the office due to 2 months of itching, occasional ulceration, and crusting of a skin lesion on his upper chest.  A year ago, the patient was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma with perineural invasion at the site of the lesion.  Surgical resection with clear margins was achieved, followed by adjuvant radiotherapy to the site.  He reports no other symptoms.  The patient's lesion is shown in the exhibit. 
If a biopsy is performed at the periphery of the lesion, which of the following histologic changes is most likely to be seen?

• A)Full-thickness epidermal necrosis
• B)Homogenization of dermal collagen bundles
• C)Neutrophilic infiltrates and elongated dermal papillae
• D)Perivascular collections of eosinophils

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