A 46-year-old man taking no previous medication is started on hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg for essential hypertension. Several days later he presents with a rash (see image).
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He complains of malaise, myalgia, and joint discomfort. This presentation is most consistent with which of the following?
- Henoch-Schönlein purpura
- microscopic polyangiitis
- Takayasu arteritis
- hypersensitivity vasculitis (leukocytoplastic vasculitis)
- Churg-Strauss syndrome
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