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Q1: Menu of techniques (2 min)
Define shave, punch, incisional, and excisional biopsy. Give one ideal indication each.
Q2: Melanoma sampling (3 min)
What does European diagnostics guidance prefer? How can partial biopsy harm staging?
Q3: Punch OSCE steps (3 min)
Mark, LA, stretch direction, rotate, snip, haemostasis/closure. How do you avoid crush artefact?
Q4: Specimen logistics (3 min)
Formalin vs Michel medium vs culture pot. Where do you biopsy an ulcer? A fresh blister for H&E vs DIF?
Q5: Panniculitis and alopecia (2 min)
Why must fat be in the panniculitis specimen? Outline the concept of dual punches/sectioning for alopecia.