vasculite na hanseníase mimetizando doenças reumáticas

Abstract

Leprosy has a large spectrum of clinical manifestations, including necrotizing skin lesions and joint complaints that sometimes mimic a primary rheumatic disease, confounding the correct diagnosis and treatment. Herein, the authors report two cases of women with leprosy, respectively virchowian and dimorphic forms, presenting initially with puprle-reddish skin lesions, evolving with necrosis and ulecration, livedo reticularis, joint pain, oligoarthritis, myalgia, and leg edema. The differential diagnosis with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and systemic vasculitis such as polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is discussed.