Lucio's phenomenon: exuberant case report and review of Brazilian cases

• Main Authors: Rafael Henrique Rocha (Author), Paulo Sergio Emerich (Author), Lucia Martins Diniz (Author), Marcela Bahia Barretto de Oliveira (Author), Aline Neves Freitas Cabral (Author), Ana Cristina Vervloet do Amaral (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Lucio's phenomenon is an uncommon reaction characterized by severe necrotizing cutaneous lesions that occurs in patients with Lucio's leprosy and lepromatous leprosy. It is considered by some authors as a variant of type 2 or 3 reaction. Death can occur because of blood dyscrasia...