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A 54-year-old woman presents to the ED with a painful rash. She experienced severe mouth sores and pain with swallowing for the past week and then developed this rash. Physical exam is shown above. Nikolsky sign is positive. Which of the following conditions is commonly associated with this disease process?

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The correct answer is Myasthenia gravis.

Further Explanation:

This patient is having all of the symptoms and signs of Myasthenia gravis which is also connected to pemphigus vulgaris. This autoimmune disease can be life threatening if not caught and treated early.

This skin disease can be greater found in these populations:

  1. Jewish
  2. Mediterranean

Signs and symptoms of Myasthenia gravis also include;

  • hoarse voice
  • membrane lesions
  • bullous rash
  • dehydration

This can only be diagnosed via a skin biopsy and treatment needs to be started immediately. The treatment for this is steroids and immunomodulators.

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