TY - JOUR KW - Aged, 80 and over KW - Diagnosis, Differential KW - Female KW - Humans KW - leprosy KW - Systemic Vasculitis AU - Sampaio L AU - Silva L AU - Terroso G AU - Pimenta S AU - Brandão F AU - Pinto J AU - Prisca A AU - Brito J AU - Ventura F AB -

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.

BT - Acta reumatologica portuguesa C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21483282?dopt=Abstract DA - 2011 Jan-Mar DO - 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04049.x IS - 1 J2 - Acta Reumatol Port LA - eng N2 -

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.

PY - 2011 SP - 61 EP - 4 T2 - Acta reumatologica portuguesa TI - Hansen's disease mimicking a systemic vasculitis. UR - http://www.spreumatologia.pt/sites/spreumatologia.pt/files/publications/articles/13_-_CC_Hansen_ARP2010-112CC.pdf VL - 36 SN - 0303-464X ER -