Leprosy of Lucio

Authors

  • Raúl Montoya Fernández Colonia San Pablo, Iquitos, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v43i3.6340

Abstract

Among a group of 472 patients with lepromatous leprosy, we observed five acsos (1.06%) leprosy of Lucio, 3 of them in primary diffuse nodular lepromatous and 2. In all cases we tested the acute onset of vesicular-peptic elements hemorrhagic-necrotic (Lucio phenomenon) and hypersensitivity to lepromin 6 hours (Medina phenomenon). The histological findings have shown, throughout, a leper periartresis with nonspecific necrotizing vasculitis, which is the typical histological appearance of Lucio phenomenon. In three of the outbreaks reactional type Lucio, average duration of 185 days have been the only reaction expression; in 2 of them have been grafted onto a common reaction type rash; in some outbreaks were repeated. The sulfonic treatment wiped out the few months Lucio syndrome.

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Published

1960-09-19

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Vol. 43 No. 3 (1960)

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Copyright (c) 1960 Raúl Montoya Fernández

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Montoya Fernández R. Leprosy of Lucio. An Fac med [Internet]. 1960 Sep. 19 [cited 2024 Aug. 16];43(3):551-92. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/6340