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Hey guys! I’m Susruthi and I’ll be running our social media pages over the next year. Over the next few weeks I’ll be sharing “meet the board” posts so you can get to better know DIGA and who we are!

How many of you remember your micro? Check out the post on @jaadjournals for the answer! #repost @jaadjournals ・・・ What's the most likely diagnosis? Patient was a central California farm laborer with no medical history and presented with 1 week of productive cough and intermittent fevers. A chest radiograph found probable lobar pneumonia with a cavitary lesion, and he was discharged with azithromycin for presumptive community-acquired pneumonia. Despite initial improvement, a pruritic skin eruption developed on his extremities and spread centripetally after completion of azithromycin. Upon re-evaluation in the emergency department, examination found erythematous nodules with central ulceration in the setting of ongoing cough. He denied arthralgia and recent travel but reported an 8-pound weight loss. Punch biopsy specimens were obtained (Fig 1). . A. Sarcoidosis B. Coccidioidomycosis C. Histoplasmosis D. Blastomycosis E. Cryptococcus . View the answer at the link in our bio. . . . #dermatology #dermatologia #dermatologiaclinica #clinicaldermatology #clinical #dermresident #americanacademyofdermatology #AADmember #medicaleducation #JAADCaseReports

As artificial intelligence becomes more prominent in dermatology, providers and researchers agree that we are still far from relying solely on AI to detect skin cancer || what are your thoughts on AI in medicine? https://www.aad.org/media/news-releases/ai-and-skin-cancer-detection Image credit: https://www.dermengine.com/blog/artificial-intelligence-ai-dermoscopy

UMN DIG held a bowling social for alopecia with over 50 attendees - keep up the great work guys! #repost @jpschlarbaum ・・・ alopecia bowling social #dig #derminterest #umn

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Can you guess this diagnosis? Go to @dermjournal for more pictures, path, and the answer! #repost @dermjournal ・・・ A 78yo woman presented w a several-month history of an approximately 1 cm tender, hyperkeratotic brown stuck-on plaque on her left forearm. She had no personal/ family history of non-melanoma or melanoma skin cancer. . . . #guessthedx answer posted in link in bio!

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