title: Hansen's disease mimicking a systemic vasculitis.
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.
authors.affiliation: Serviços de Reumatologia do Hospital de São João e da Faculdade de Medicina do Porto, Portugal. luziasampaio@hotmail.com
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sampaio
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Terroso
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pimenta
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brandão
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prisca
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brito
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ventura
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D056647:Systemic Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis*