Leprosy simulating systemic sclerosis: a case report

Rev Bras Reumatol Engl Ed. 2017 Nov-Dec;57(6):630-632. doi: 10.1016/j.rbre.2016.09.010. Epub 2016 Oct 18.

[Article in English, Portuguese]

Authors

Bruna Burko Rocha Chu¹, Giorgina Falcão Brandão Côrtes Gobbo², Rafaela Copês², Glênio Gutjahr², Erick Cavalcanti Cossa², Eduardo Dos Santos Paiva³

Affiliations

¹ Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Hospital de Clínicas, Curitiba, PR, Brazil. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Hospital de Clínicas, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
³ Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Hospital de Clínicas, Serviço de Reumatologia, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.

PMID: 29173702
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbre.2016.09.010

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Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Biopsy
Diagnostic Errors
Hand / diagnostic imaging
Hand / innervation
Humans
Leprosy / diagnosis*
Leprosy / physiopathology
Male
Scleroderma, Systemic / diagnosis