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A24-year-old man had multiple, small hypopigmented macules on the upper chest and back for the last three months. The macules were circular, arranged around follicles and many had coalesced to form large sheets. The surface of the macules showed fine scaling. He had similar lesions one year age which subsided with treatment. The most appropriate investigation to confirm the diagnosis is –

APotassium hydroxide preparation of scales
BSlit skin smear from discrete macules
CTzanck test
DSkin biopsy of coalesced macules
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