HY USMLE Q #1018 – Immuno

A 56-year-old woman with no past medical history comes to the physician for a 4-month history of occasional tremulousness and palpitations. Heart rate is 90. ECG shows sinus rhythm. Physical examination shows exophthalmos. The mechanism of this patient’s condition is most immunologically similar to which of the following?

  Arthus reaction
  Atopic dermatitis
  Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
  PPD test
  Serum sickness