title: [Polyarthritis in leprosy (author's transl)].
abstract: Inflammatory rhumatisms simulating rheumatoid arthritis belong to the manifestations of the reactions of leprosy. Pathology of these arthritis variate with the type of reaction. In the present observations, it must probably be the transition from a tuberculoid leprosy to a lepromatosis form in which the immunological state looks like the lupus one.
mesh_terms: D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000209:etiology*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence
vernacular_title: Polyarthrites au cours de la lèpre.