Case Study Graded A 2025/2026
A 35-year-old archaeologist comes to your office for a regular skin check-up. She has just returned
from her annual dig site in Greece. She has fair skin and reddish-blond hair. She has many freckles
scattered across her skin. From this description, which of the following is not a risk factor for
melanoma in this patient?
Age
Hair color
Heavy sun exposure
Actinic lentiginous - Age
The following information is best placed in which category? The patient has had three-cesarian
sections
Adult illness
Surgeries
Psychiatric
Obstetrics/gynecology - Surgeries
Which of the following skin lesions is the least likely to metastasize
Seborrheic keratosis
Squamous cell carcinoma
Basal cell carcinoma
Melanoma - Seborrheic keratosis
Which of the following brief screening measures is useful in assessing memory
Three-item recall
Serial 7s
Copying intersecting pentagrams
Spelling "world" backward - Three-item recall