Lucio’s phenomenon: report of five cases
| Autor: | María Laura Aquino, Julieta Solis Villaroel, Nora Migliore, Pablo Finucci Curi, Federico Ceccato, Sergio Paira, Adriana Albertengo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Vasculitis medicine.medical_specialty Pathology 030231 tropical medicine Scars Necrosis 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Rheumatology Internal medicine Necrotizing Vasculitis Humans Medicine In patient Aged Skin Lepromatous leprosy business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Lucio's phenomenon Leprosy Lepromatous Female Leprosy medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Rheumatology. 35:1397-1401 |
| ISSN: | 1434-9949 0770-3198 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10067-014-2683-2 |
| Popis: | The different clinical forms of leprosy are mainly related to the variety of immunological responses to the infection. Several forms of lepromatous leprosy are recognized, including macular, nodular, and diffuse. Lucio's phenomenon is a rare but distinctive skin eruption seen in patients with diffuse lepromatous leprosy. The diffuse lesions of Lucio's phenomenon have a predilection for the extremities, can include nodules, and heal with atrophic stellate scars; histologically, a necrotizing vasculitis accompanied by a nonspecific inflammatory reaction may be seen. Because of its rarity and similarity with some manifestations of the rheumatic disease and other causes of vasculitis, Lucio's phenomenon may not be easily recognized, especially in non-endemic countries, which leads to confusing diagnosis and loss of time for treatment. We report five patients with vasculitis caused by Lucio's phenomenon. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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