Lucio's phenomenon
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Lucio's phenomenon
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Lucio's phenomenon is an unusual reaction seen almost exclusively in patients from the Caribbean and Mexico with diffuse lepromatous leprosy, especially in untreated cases. It is characterised by recurrent crops of large, sharply demarcated, ulcerative lesions, affecting mainly the lower extremities, but may generalise and become fatal as a result of secondary bacterial infection and sepsis. Lucio's phenomenon was first described by Rafael Lucio Nájera and Alvarado as a necrotizing skin reaction
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2022-11-18T22:25:46Z
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