Publications by authors named "Ricardo Jorge Ferreira Taipa"
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- Leprosy primarily affects the skin and nerves, but can also present with musculoskeletal issues that mimic other rheumatic diseases.
- A case of a 68-year-old man developed arthritis-like symptoms over 20 years after visiting leprosy-endemic areas, eventually leading to a diagnosis of leprosy through biopsy.
- This case highlights the diverse symptoms of leprosy and the difficulties in diagnosis, stressing the importance of considering it in patients with skin and neurological complaints who have traveled to endemic regions.
The simultaneous appearance of both multiple sclerosis (MS) and central nervous system (CNS) tumors is relatively uncommon. Whether the co-existence of two diseases is due to chance alone or the result of a causal relationship is still a matter of debate. There is also controversy about the effect of long-term exposure of MS patients to immunomodulatory drugs on the incidence of cancer.
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