01421nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001260005300042653001400095653002600109653002100135653001400156653005400170100001200224700001200236700001500248700001300263700001100276245018700287856008800474300001000562490000700572520057400579022001401153       2026                            d  c10/2026bSpringer Science and Business Media LLC10aNeurology10aPure neuritic leprosy10aHansen's disease10aClaw hand10aChronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy1 aGoyal J1 aGupta S1 aMahendra A1 aDabhra A1 aGoel A00aMultibacillary Leprosy Presenting as Chronic Progressive Polyneuropathy Initially Diagnosed as Probable Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP): A Diagnostic Pitfall  uhttps://assets.cureus.com/uploads/case_report/pdf/517404/20261009-745387-80opfn.pdf  a1 - 70 v183 a<p>Hansen disease is a neurocutaneous disease that may present predominantly with neurological manifestations.&nbsp;Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is another condition that can present similarly to early neuritic Hansen disease. We report the case of a 60-year-old man who was initially diagnosed and treated as probable CIDP before subsequently being diagnosed with multibacillary lepromatous leprosy.&nbsp;This case illustrates the&nbsp;diagnostic challenges posed by overlapping neurological manifestations of Hansen disease and CIDP.</p>
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