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Histoid Leprosy & Lucio Phenomenon

HardDermatology · Leprosy
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Two high-yield "special variants" sitting at the multibacillary (lepromatous) end of the leprosy spectrum. Histoid leprosy is a distinctive bacillary-rich form classically arising in dapsone monotherapy/relapse, while the Lucio phenomenon is a necrotising vasculitic reaction seen in diffuse non-nodular lepromatous leprosy. NEET PG loves the microscopy, the eponyms, and the geography. Leprosy (Hansen disease, cause

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