A Patient Has a Small, Red, Scaling Lesion That Is

question 36

Multiple Choice

A patient has a small, red, scaling lesion that is sitting on an elevated base on the forehead. The patient states that lesion began several weeks before and will not heal. The nurse recognized this lesion is possibly which of the following?

• A)squamous cell carcinoma
• B)melanoma
• C)psoriasis
• D)seborrheic keratosis

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Definitions:

NaBr

Sodium Bromide, a chemical compound with the formula NaBr, used in medicine, as a sedative or anticonvulsant, and in photographic processing.

KI

The chemical formula for potassium iodide, an ionic compound that is used medically in thyroid blocking and also as a nutritional supplement.

Molarity

A metric determining the amount of a solute within a solution, specified as moles of the solute for every liter of solution.

Molarity

A measure of the concentration of a solute in a solution, expressed as the number of moles of solute per liter of solution (mol/L).