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A 68-Year-Old Man With Skin Rash and a Pleural Effusion
Robin H Stiller1, Marat Gadzhiev2, April K Schachtel3
1Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington.
Case Presentation:
A 68-year-old man developed an erythematous, papular, pruritic rash on his right thigh 1 month prior to presentation. It subsequently spread to his other extremities and trunk. He also endorsed fevers of > 38.3°C, night sweats, fatigue, shortness of breath, and a dry cough. He was prescribed triamcinolone 0.1% cream for his rash and azithromycin for presumed community-acquired pneumonia, with no improvement in symptoms. He had a history of relapsing polychondritis for which he was prescribed infliximab and low-dose prednisone. He had never smoked tobacco, did not use alcohol or illicit substances, and had no significant travel history.
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