A 42-year-old female presents with raised red lesions with a brownish scale. She was diagnosed with discoid lupus erythematosus. This disorder is related to:

a. infection.
b. trauma.
c. autoimmunity.
d. cancer.


ANS: C
Discoid lupus is related to autoimmunity, not infection, trauma, or cancer.

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