Krishna K, Kansurkar SS, Kapoor A, Sathiyaseelan SL, Agarwal D. Hansen's Disease, the Perpetual Impersonator ("The Behroopiya") of Rheumatology Practice: A Case Series.
Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;
34:544-546. [PMID:
38282937 PMCID:
PMC10815521 DOI:
10.31138/mjr.310823.hdt]
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Abstract
We encountered five patients with Rheumatic symptoms, suspected to have five different clinical diagnoses: Systemic vasculitis, Gout, Systemic Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Spondyloarthropathy. However, all were finally diagnosed with the same illness: Hansen's Disease.
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