Lepromatous leprosy with extensive unusual ulcerations and cachexia. Is it the first case of Lucio's phenomenon from Iran?
We report a 33-year-old Iranian woman with widespread ulcerative lesions in the setting of lepromatous leprosy. We think that the sudden appearance of the characteristic necrotic lesions in the absence of fever and other systemic manifestation, and in accordance with epidermal necrosis and the presence of large numbers of AFB in the endothelium are all in favor of the diagnosis of Lucio's phenomenon for this patient. To our knowledge this is the first patient who may have had this phenomenon reported from the Middle East.
Golchai
Javad
J
Zargari
Omid
O
Maboodi
Arash
A
Maboodi
Aptin
A
Granmayeh
Siamak
S
D000328:Adult; D002100:Cachexia / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D004727:Endothelium / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D015440:Leprosy, Lepromatous / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009336:Necrosis; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013194:Staining and Labeling