This 70 odd years old Caucasian gentleman presented with stinging on his scalp but was found incidentally to have a small red scaly plaque lesion in the midst of his scalp vertex
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Clinical history:
This 70 odd years old Caucasian gentleman presented with stinging on his scalp but was found incidentally to have a small red scaly plaque lesion in the midst of his scalp vertex.
What are the clinical diagnoses?
| A. | Actinic keratosis with background of acute sunburn. |
| B. | Squamous cell carcinoma with background of chronic sun damaged skin. |
| C. | Common warts with background of acute sunburn. |
| D. | Actinic keratosis with background of chronic sun damaged skin. |