Lepra Reaction with Lucio Phenomenon Mimicking Cutaneous Vasculitis. (16th December 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Misra, Durga Prasanna; Parida, Jyoti Ranjan; Chowdhury, Abhra Chandra; Pani, Krushna Chandra; Kumari, Niraj; Krishnani, Narendra; Agarwal, Vikas
• Other Names: Rani Rajni Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Case reports in immunology. Volume 2014(2014)
• Publication Date: 2014-12-16
• Subjects: Immunology -- Periodicals; Immunology -- Case studies -- Periodicals; Immune System Phenomena; Immunology; Immunology; Case studies; Periodicals; 571.96
• DOI: 10.1155/2014/641989
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-6609

Abstract

Abstract : Leprosy is a disease typically found in the tropics. Patients with leprosy can have varying presentation with constitutional symptoms, joint pains, skin nodules, and rarely a vasculitis-like picture with skin ulcers and neuropathy. We present a young lady who presented with the rare manifestation of skin infarcts mimicking cutaneous vasculitis, diagnosed on histopathology to have Lucio phenomenon on a background of lepromatous leprosy. With increasing migration and widespread use of biologic response modifiers, clinicians all over the world need to be aware of various presentations of leprosy as well as needing to keep an open mind while considering the differential diagnoses of vasculitis.