Hansen's disease is a well-described, largely historic infection that is caused by . Lucio's phenomenon is an aggressive, rare form of untreated lepromatous leprosy characterized by diffuse cutaneous lesions and systemic symptoms. To date, cases of necrotizing soft tissue infection in the setting of leprosy have rarely been reported in the literature. We present the case of a 51-year-old man with no known past medical history who presented for the evaluation of acute-on-chronic left upper extremity ulceration, soft tissue swelling, and pain. The patient was diagnosed with necrotizing soft tissue infection of the left upper extremity and underlying multibacillary lepromatous leprosy with Lucio's phenomenon. He underwent dermatofasciectomy of the affected extremity, followed by staged soft tissue coverage, including dermal allograft placement. Proper antibiotic management was also undertaken. In this article, we describe a case of previously undiagnosed leprosy with Lucio's phenomenon manifesting as necrotizing fasciitis of the upper extremity.
BT - Journal of hand surgery global online C1 -https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35601518
DA - 05/2022 DO - 10.1016/j.jhsg.2022.01.005 IS - 3 J2 - J Hand Surg Glob Online LA - eng N2 -Hansen's disease is a well-described, largely historic infection that is caused by . Lucio's phenomenon is an aggressive, rare form of untreated lepromatous leprosy characterized by diffuse cutaneous lesions and systemic symptoms. To date, cases of necrotizing soft tissue infection in the setting of leprosy have rarely been reported in the literature. We present the case of a 51-year-old man with no known past medical history who presented for the evaluation of acute-on-chronic left upper extremity ulceration, soft tissue swelling, and pain. The patient was diagnosed with necrotizing soft tissue infection of the left upper extremity and underlying multibacillary lepromatous leprosy with Lucio's phenomenon. He underwent dermatofasciectomy of the affected extremity, followed by staged soft tissue coverage, including dermal allograft placement. Proper antibiotic management was also undertaken. In this article, we describe a case of previously undiagnosed leprosy with Lucio's phenomenon manifesting as necrotizing fasciitis of the upper extremity.
PY - 2022 SP - 176 EP - 180 T2 - Journal of hand surgery global online TI - Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection of the Upper Extremity as a Manifestation of Hansen's Disease. UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9120760/pdf/main.pdf VL - 4 SN - 2589-5141 ER -