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Lepra Reaction with Lucio Phenomenon Mimicking Cutaneous Vasculitis [PDF]
Case Reports in Immunology, 2014 Leprosy is a disease typically found in the tropics. Patients with leprosy can have varying presentation with constitutional symptoms, joint pains, skin nodules, and rarely a vasculitis-like picture with skin ulcers and neuropathy.
Durga Prasanna Misra +6 more
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Lucio Phenomenon: An Unusual Case of Skin Necrosis [PDF]
Case Reports in DermatologyIntroduction: Lucio leprosy is a non-nodular diffuse type of lepromatous leprosy first described by Lucio and Alvarado. Lucio phenomenon is a rare vasculonecrotic reaction characterized by cutaneous necrosis with minimal constitutional features.
Kaveri Rusia +3 more
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Lucio Phenomenon: Sequelae of Neglected Leprosy. [PDF]
Korean J Fam Med, 2021 Lucio phenomenon is a potentially fatal leprosy reaction seen in pure, primitive, and diffuse form of lepromatous leprosy. It is a globally restricted phenomenon that occurs in Mexico and Costa Rica; however, sporadic cases have been reported elsewhere.
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Lucio phenomenon: a case report on an overlooked reaction in lepromatous leprosy [PDF]
Dermatology ReportsOur patient presented with a 5-year history of chronic, asymptomatic papulonodular lesions on the extremities. The lesions spread to the face and earlobes, with new ulcerative lesions on both legs for the past 8 months.
Natsuda Sajjachareonpong +5 more
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An interesting case of Lucio phenomenon triggered by activation of hepatitis C infection [PDF]
Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2016 Lucio phenomenon (LP) or erythema necroticans is a rare type of reaction pattern found in untreated patients with diffuse non-nodular leprosy. It is important to distinguish this from vasculonecrotic erythema nodosum because thalidomide with high-dose ...
Jacob Mareen, Jithendriya Madhukara
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Lucio Phenomenon and APLA in Hansen’s Disease: A Rare Phenomenon [PDF]
Bengal Physician Journal, 2022 Lucio phenomenon (LP) is a rare reactional state seen in cases of diffuse lepromatous leprosy. Lucio leprosy is a pure, primitive, and diffuse form of lepromatous leprosy.
Jayanta Sharma +3 more
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Is it lucio phenomenon or necrotic erythema nodosum leprosum?
Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2013 Lucio phenomenon (LP) or erythema necroticans is a relatively rare, peculiar reaction pattern occurring in untreated lepromatous (LL) or borderline lepromatous (BL) leprosy cases.
PSS Ranugha +4 more
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Diffuse Multibacillary Leprosy of Lucio and Latapí with Lucio’s Phenomenon, Peru [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017 Diffuse multibacillary leprosy of Lucio and Latapí is mainly reported in Mexico and Central America. We report a case in a 65-year-old man in Peru. He also had Lucio’s phenomenon, characterized by vascular thrombosis and invasion of blood vessel walls by
Cesar Ramal +11 more
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Lucio phenomenon in a case of lepromatous leprosy
Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, 2022 Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae), mainly affecting skin and nerves. Lucio leprosy (LuLp) is a pure primitive diffuse nonnodular form of leprosy.
Saba Mohammed Musaddique Ansari +3 more
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Infectio, 2016 : Diffuse lepromatous leprosy (DLL) is a severe clinical outcome of lepromatous leprosy (LL). The aetiologic cause is believed to be different from Mycobacterium leprae.
Héctor Alejandro Serrano-Coll +3 more
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