{"title":"Leprosy mimicking vasculitis","authors":"V. Haridas, K. Haridas","doi":"10.15305/IJRCI/V6I1/263","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Leprosy is a chronic disease primarily involving the peripheral nerves and the skin. Painless skin patches and ulceration in hands and feet are the common clinical presentation of the disease. The present study reports a relatively unusual case of leprosy mimicking vasculitis in a 32-year-old male.","PeriodicalId":102906,"journal":{"name":"Internet Journal of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Internet Journal of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.15305/IJRCI/V6I1/263","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Leprosy is a chronic disease primarily involving the peripheral nerves and the skin. Painless skin patches and ulceration in hands and feet are the common clinical presentation of the disease. The present study reports a relatively unusual case of leprosy mimicking vasculitis in a 32-year-old male.