{"title":"Hansen's Disease, the Perpetual Impersonator (\"The Behroopiya\") of Rheumatology Practice: A Case Series.","authors":"Kavita Krishna, Sandeep Sadashivrao Kansurkar, Akanksha Kapoor, Sri Lakshmi Sathiyaseelan, Deepti Agarwal","doi":"10.31138/mjr.310823.hdt","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>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.</p>","PeriodicalId":32816,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Journal of Rheumatology","volume":"34 4","pages":"544-546"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10815521/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Mediterranean Journal of Rheumatology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.31138/mjr.310823.hdt","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2023/12/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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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.