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Volume 35, Issue 1, March 2024



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Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):544-6
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Hansen’s Disease, the Perpetual Impersonator (“The Behroopiya”) of Rheumatology Practice: A Case Series
Kavita Krishna, Sandeep Sadashivrao Kansurkar, Akanksha Kapoor, Sri Lakshmi Sathiyaseelan, Deepti Agarwal
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Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College and Hospital, Pune, India
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.


Cite this article as: 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(4):544-6

Article Submitted: 27 May 2023; Revised Form: 11 Aug 2023; Article Accepted: 30 Aug 2023; Available Online: 31 Aug 2023

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

©2023 The Author(s).

https://doi.org/10.31138/mjr.310823.hdt

Keywords: Hansens, rheumatology mimics, infectious mimics, mimics of connective tissue diseases, mimics of Rheumatoid Arthritis