ArticleCase reports in rheumatology2014
Leprosy mimicking common rheumatologic entities: a trial for the clinician in the era of biologics.
Article in Case reports in rheumatology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Misdiagnosis of Leprosy with Severe Reversal Reaction as Psoriatic Arthritis: A Case Report and Literature Review.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2025Article
- Leprosy-Presenting as Rheumatoid Arthritis Misleading the Correct Diagnosis.Clinical case reports · 2025Article
- Lepromatous leprosy infection fromJAAD case reports · 2024Article
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- Leprosy-Related Chronic Arthritis with an Abundance ofInternational medical case reports journal · 2021Article
- Seronegative Bilateral Symmetrical Inflammatory Polyarthritis: Think Twice Before Starting Immunosuppression.European journal of case reports in internal medicine · 2018Article
- Hansen's Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis Crossover of Clinical Symptoms: A Case Series of 18 Patients in the United States.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2017Article
- What is New in the Pathogenesis and Management of Erythema Nodosum Leprosum.Indian dermatology online journalReview
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Abstract
Rheumatoid arthritis and seronegative spondyloarthritis, which make up the lion's share of cases attending a rheumatology clinic, are relatively easy to diagnose. However, when an entity of infective aetiology like leprosy known to be a great mimic of different autoimmune conditions presents with features similar to these, the possibility of it being diagnosed at the outset is very slim indeed. The ease with which the diagnosis of leprosy can be missed assumes sinister proportions as the use of disease modifying agents can have deleterious effects in these patients. In the era of increasing availability and use of biologic disease modifying agents, it is imperative not only to actively rule out the presence of leprosy but also to make it a part of the prebiologic screening of patients in whom biologics are being planned to be administered, especially in leprosy endemic areas.
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