Borderline leprosy with articular involvement: diagnostic difficulties
Leprosy is a chronic caused by Mycobacterium leprae, an acid-fast bacillus with its predilection to affect the cooler areas of the body such as skin and peripheral nerves, which makes diagnosis simpler in most cases 1.2 granulomatous infectious disease . However, based on the immune response of the...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima (ILSL) |
| Repositorio: | Hansenologia Internationalis (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br:article/36199 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/hansenologia/article/view/36199 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Hanseníase Artrite Nervos Periféricos Leprosy Arthritis Peripheral Nerves |
| Resumo: | Leprosy is a chronic caused by Mycobacterium leprae, an acid-fast bacillus with its predilection to affect the cooler areas of the body such as skin and peripheral nerves, which makes diagnosis simpler in most cases 1.2 granulomatous infectious disease . However, based on the immune response of the infected patient, systemic involvement may occur, characterized Multibacillary manner. These events are rarely found, but have extremely clinical relevance because of its similarity with rheumatic diseases 5, 6. Report a case of leprosy confused with nonspecific arthritis in a patient who initially presented with joint pain, joint swelling, polyarthritis, and finally the appearance of skin lesions. |
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