Patients with lepromatous or borderline leprosy may present two types of vasculonecrotic reactions: Lucio’s phenomenon (LP) and necrotic erythema nodosum leprosum (nENL). These are serious conditions, which mostly lead to life-threatening infectious and thrombotic complications. The authors report the case of a patient with leprosy recurrence associated with an atypical type II reaction with LP characteristics on histopathology.
BT - Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia DO - 10.1016/j.abd.2020.09.016 N2 -Patients with lepromatous or borderline leprosy may present two types of vasculonecrotic reactions: Lucio’s phenomenon (LP) and necrotic erythema nodosum leprosum (nENL). These are serious conditions, which mostly lead to life-threatening infectious and thrombotic complications. The authors report the case of a patient with leprosy recurrence associated with an atypical type II reaction with LP characteristics on histopathology.
PB - Elsevier BV PY - 2022 T2 - Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia TI - Necrotic erythema nodosum reaction associated with histological alterations of Lucio’s phenomenon UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S036505962100307X SN - 0365-0596 ER -