Lucio's phenomenon is a necrotizing panvasculitis: Mostly a medium-sized granulomatous arteritis

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 555-560

  Magaña, Mario ^b,c   Fernández Díez, Jorge ^a   Magaña, Mario L ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Centre for Dermatology and Dermatopathology   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Granulomatous vasculitis; Leprosy; Lucio's phenomenon; Panvasculitis

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; LUCIO PHENOMENON; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN ULCER; ARTERY; BIOPSY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CAPILLARY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION; VASCULITIS; VENULE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; BIOPSY; CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; VASCULITIS; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VENULES;

EID: 59849109155     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e318181270a     Document Type: Article

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