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Lucio's phenomenon: exuberant case report and review of Brazilian cases.
- Rafael Henrique Rocha, Paulo Sergio Emerich, Lucia Martins Diniz, Marcela Bahia Barretto de Oliveira, Aline Neves Freitas Cabral, and Ana Cristina Vervloet do Amaral.
- Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES) - Vitória (ES), Brazil.
- An Bras Dermatol. 2016 Sep 1; 91 (5 suppl 1): 60-63.
AbstractLucio's phenomenon is an uncommon reaction characterized by severe necrotizing cutaneous lesions that occurs in patients with Lucio's leprosy and lepromatous leprosy. It is considered by some authors as a variant of type 2 or 3 reaction. Death can occur because of blood dyscrasia or sepsis. Precipitating factors include infections, drugs and pregnancy. We report a 31-year-old female patient exhibiting both clinical and histopathological features of lepromatous leprosy and Lucio's phenomenon presenting favorable response to treatment. We complement our report with a literature review of the Brazilian cases of Lucio's phenomenon published in Portuguese and English.
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