Tense Bullae and Urticaria in a Woman in Her Sixties
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CASE A 68-year-old woman presented with a pruritic, blistering rash. Three months prior, she had developed itchy lesions on her hands and feet, spreading to her chest and abdomen. For the past week, she had developed painful, tense blisters. The patient had seen her primary care doctor at symptom onset and failed to improve with topical clobetasol proprionate and hydroxyzine. She took amlodipine for blood pressure and denied any new medications or exposures. Physical examination was notable for bullae with mucosal-sparing, urticaria, negative Nikolsky’s sign, and the absence of scarring over ruptured bullae (Figures 1-3). Her complete blood cell count showed an increased number of eosinophils.
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