@article{21920,
  keywords = {Aged, 80 and over, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Humans, leprosy, Systemic Vasculitis},
  author = {Sampaio L and Silva L and Terroso G and Pimenta S and Brandão F and Pinto J and Prisca A and Brito J and Ventura F},
  title = {Hansen's disease mimicking a systemic vasculitis.},
  abstract = {<p>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.</p>},
  year = {2011},
  journal = {Acta reumatologica portuguesa},
  volume = {36},
  pages = {61-4},
  month = {2011 Jan-Mar},
  issn = {0303-464X},
  url = {http://www.spreumatologia.pt/sites/spreumatologia.pt/files/publications/articles/13_-_CC_Hansen_ARP2010-112CC.pdf},
  doi = {10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04049.x},
  language = {eng},
}