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 - <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>
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 - <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>
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 -