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Published on: June 16, 2020
Hansen's disease mimicking a systemic vasculitis
L Sampaio1, L Silva, G Terroso
1Serviços de Reumatologia do Hospital de São João e da Faculdade de Medicina do Porto, Portugal. luziasampaio@hotmail.com
Abstract:
Hansen's disease, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, classically presents with cutaneous and neurological manifestations. Rheumatologic manifestations present in 1 to 5% of the patients, and include arthritis, arthralgias, Charcot arthropathy, erythema nodosum and vasculitis. We report a case of a 86 year old woman with polyarthritis, subcutaneous nodules and leg ulcers whose differential diagnosis included primary vasculitis and diffuse connective tissue diseases and ended to be leprosy in a non endemic country.
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