Medical Imagery
Lucio’s phenomenon: A life-threatening medical emergency

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Highlights

  • The diagnosis of leprosy is essentially clinical.

  • Lucio’s phenomenon (LP) is a life-threatening medical emergency.

  • LP is potentially disabling.

  • LP means advanced stage of leprosy and generally occurs in areas of high bacillary load.

Keywords

Leprosy
Lepromatous leprosy
Mycobacterium leprae

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