TY - JOUR
KW - Aged
KW - Anti-Inflammatory Agents
KW - Brazil
KW - Disease Progression
KW - Endothelium, Vascular
KW - Fatal Outcome
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Leprostatic Agents
KW - Leprosy, lepromatous
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Mycobacterium leprae
KW - Necrosis
KW - Pentoxifylline
KW - Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
KW - Prednisone
KW - Skin Ulcer
KW - Thrombosis
KW - Vasculitis
AU - Souza C S
AU - Roselino A M
AU - Figueiredo F
AU - Foss N T
AB - <p>We report four cases of necrotizing reactions of the Lucio's phenomenon type, an entity rarely observed in Brazil despite the high prevalence of leprosy. Clinical, histopathological and therapeutic aspects are described and compared to those reported in the literature for cases classified as diffuse, non-nodular lepromatous leprosy with Lucio's phenomenon.</p>
BT - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11336069?dopt=Abstract
DA - 2000 Dec
IS - 4
J2 - Int. J. Lepr. Other Mycobact. Dis.
LA - eng
N2 - <p>We report four cases of necrotizing reactions of the Lucio's phenomenon type, an entity rarely observed in Brazil despite the high prevalence of leprosy. Clinical, histopathological and therapeutic aspects are described and compared to those reported in the literature for cases classified as diffuse, non-nodular lepromatous leprosy with Lucio's phenomenon.</p>
PY - 2000
SP - 417
EP - 25
T2 - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association
TI - Lucio's phenomenon: clinical and therapeutic aspects.
UR - http://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v68n4a03.pdf
VL - 68
SN - 0148-916X
ER -