Which immunological condition is characterized by immune complexes deposited in tissues and leading to inflammation?

The condition characterized by immune complexes deposited in tissues, leading to inflammation, is indeed rheumatoid arthritis. In this autoimmune disorder, the immune system mistakenly produces antibodies against the body's own joint tissues. These antibodies can form immune complexes, which accumulate in joint spaces and surrounding tissues, triggering an inflammatory response. This inflammation can lead to joint damage, pain, and dysfunction characteristic of the disease.

Goodpasture's syndrome primarily involves antibody formation against specific proteins in the lungs and kidneys, leading to a unique combination of pulmonary hemorrhage and glomerulonephritis, but it is not primarily characterized by widespread immune complex deposition throughout the tissues as seen in rheumatoid arthritis.

Grave's disease involves autoimmune stimulation of the thyroid gland leading to hyperthyroidism, but it does not primarily present with immune complex deposition causing tissue inflammation.

Allergic rhinitis is a hypersensitivity reaction primarily mediated by immunoglobulin E (IgE), which leads to symptoms associated with allergies, such as sneezing and nasal congestion, rather than the chronic immune complex-related inflammation seen in rheumatoid arthritis. Thus, the specific characteristic of immune complex deposition and resultant inflammation is most closely associated with rheumatoid arthritis.