Leprosy is a chronic disease with clinical presentations according to the immunologic spectrum. Lepromatous form is the most advanced, with the highest transmissibility and risk of causing disabilities. Lucio's phenomenon is a rare manifestation among lepromatous patients with a rapid and severe evolution and high mortality. It is difficult to differentiate from ulcerative/necrotic erythema nodosum leprosum and has no consensus on how it should be treated. This article is a qualitative review of the literature after the introduction of multidrug therapy, aiming to bring consensus related to the clinical, laboratory and histopathological diagnostic criteria of the disease and its management.
BT - Indian journal of dermatology, venereology and leprology C1 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34672479 DA - 10/2021 DO - 10.25259/IJDVL_909_19 J2 - Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol LA - eng N2 -Leprosy is a chronic disease with clinical presentations according to the immunologic spectrum. Lepromatous form is the most advanced, with the highest transmissibility and risk of causing disabilities. Lucio's phenomenon is a rare manifestation among lepromatous patients with a rapid and severe evolution and high mortality. It is difficult to differentiate from ulcerative/necrotic erythema nodosum leprosum and has no consensus on how it should be treated. This article is a qualitative review of the literature after the introduction of multidrug therapy, aiming to bring consensus related to the clinical, laboratory and histopathological diagnostic criteria of the disease and its management.
PY - 2021 SP - 1 EP - 14 T2 - Indian journal of dermatology, venereology and leprology TI - Lucio's phenomenon: A systematic literature review of definition, clinical features, histopathogenesis and management. UR - https://ijdvl.com/view-pdf/?article=2fb9b24a1297177fe1e8e01ff86a46fbFVLo8/4= SN - 0973-3922 ER -