Leprosy

A chronic infectious disease affecting primarily the skin and peripheral nervous system.

Skin ulcer

A discontinuity of the skin exhibiting complete loss of the epidermis and often portions of the dermis and even subcutaneous fat.


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PMID (PMCID)
31114260
 OTHER
Diffuse multibacillary leprosy patient with Lucio's phenomenon and positive anticardiolipin antibody misdiagnosed as lupus erythematosus panniculitis in the People's Republic of China.
Gao W, Chen Z, Jiang H, Shi Y, Zhang W, Wang H.
Infect Drug Resist. 2019;12:741-744.
We report a case of a 28-year-old female leprosy patient in the People's Republic of China, together with LP and positive anticardiolipin antibody, characterized by vascular thrombosis and invasion of blood vessel walls by leprosy bacilli, causing extensive skin ulcers and followed by a large number of atrophic scars.
31114260
 OTHER
Diffuse multibacillary leprosy patient with Lucio's phenomenon and positive anticardiolipin antibody misdiagnosed as lupus erythematosus panniculitis in the People's Republic of China.
Gao W, Chen Z, Jiang H, Shi Y, Zhang W, Wang H.
Infect Drug Resist. 2019;12:741-744.
We report a case of a 28-year-old female leprosy patient in the People's Republic of China, together with LP and positive anticardiolipin antibody, characterized by vascular thrombosis and invasion of blood vessel walls by leprosy bacilli, causing extensive skin ulcers and followed by a large number of atrophic scars.
29048291
(5652424)
 MALE
Diffuse Multibacillary Leprosy of Lucio and Latapi with Lucio's Phenomenon, Peru.
Ramal C, Casapia M, Marin J, Celis JC, Baldeon J, Vilcarromero S, Cubas G, Espejo A, Bravo F, Paredes OV, Ramos JM, Legua P.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2017;23(11):1929-1930.
He also had Lucio's phenomenon, characterized by vascular thrombosis and invasion of blood vessel walls by leprosy bacilli, causing extensive skin ulcers.