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Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection of the Upper Extremity as a Manifestation of Hansen’s Disease
Hansen’s disease is a well-described, largely historic infection that is caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Lucio's phenomenon is an aggressive, rare form of untreated lepromatous leprosy characterized by diffuse cutaneous lesions and systemic symptoms. To date, cases of necrotizing soft tissue in...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9120760/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35601518 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhsg.2022.01.005 |
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author | Bougioukli, Sofia Williams, Eva Nwachuku, Ikenna Sochol, Kristen Stevanovic, Milan Lefebvre, Rachel |
author_facet | Bougioukli, Sofia Williams, Eva Nwachuku, Ikenna Sochol, Kristen Stevanovic, Milan Lefebvre, Rachel |
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description | Hansen’s disease is a well-described, largely historic infection that is caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Lucio's phenomenon is an aggressive, rare form of untreated lepromatous leprosy characterized by diffuse cutaneous lesions and systemic symptoms. To date, cases of necrotizing soft tissue infection in the setting of leprosy have rarely been reported in the literature. We present the case of a 51-year-old man with no known past medical history who presented for the evaluation of acute-on-chronic left upper extremity ulceration, soft tissue swelling, and pain. The patient was diagnosed with necrotizing soft tissue infection of the left upper extremity and underlying multibacillary lepromatous leprosy with Lucio's phenomenon. He underwent dermatofasciectomy of the affected extremity, followed by staged soft tissue coverage, including dermal allograft placement. Proper antibiotic management was also undertaken. In this article, we describe a case of previously undiagnosed leprosy with Lucio's phenomenon manifesting as necrotizing fasciitis of the upper extremity. |
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spelling | pubmed-91207602022-05-21 Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection of the Upper Extremity as a Manifestation of Hansen’s Disease Bougioukli, Sofia Williams, Eva Nwachuku, Ikenna Sochol, Kristen Stevanovic, Milan Lefebvre, Rachel J Hand Surg Glob Online Case Report Hansen’s disease is a well-described, largely historic infection that is caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Lucio's phenomenon is an aggressive, rare form of untreated lepromatous leprosy characterized by diffuse cutaneous lesions and systemic symptoms. To date, cases of necrotizing soft tissue infection in the setting of leprosy have rarely been reported in the literature. We present the case of a 51-year-old man with no known past medical history who presented for the evaluation of acute-on-chronic left upper extremity ulceration, soft tissue swelling, and pain. The patient was diagnosed with necrotizing soft tissue infection of the left upper extremity and underlying multibacillary lepromatous leprosy with Lucio's phenomenon. He underwent dermatofasciectomy of the affected extremity, followed by staged soft tissue coverage, including dermal allograft placement. Proper antibiotic management was also undertaken. In this article, we describe a case of previously undiagnosed leprosy with Lucio's phenomenon manifesting as necrotizing fasciitis of the upper extremity. Elsevier 2022-02-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9120760/ /pubmed/35601518 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhsg.2022.01.005 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Bougioukli, Sofia Williams, Eva Nwachuku, Ikenna Sochol, Kristen Stevanovic, Milan Lefebvre, Rachel Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection of the Upper Extremity as a Manifestation of Hansen’s Disease |
title | Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection of the Upper Extremity as a Manifestation of Hansen’s Disease |
title_full | Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection of the Upper Extremity as a Manifestation of Hansen’s Disease |
title_fullStr | Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection of the Upper Extremity as a Manifestation of Hansen’s Disease |
title_full_unstemmed | Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection of the Upper Extremity as a Manifestation of Hansen’s Disease |
title_short | Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection of the Upper Extremity as a Manifestation of Hansen’s Disease |
title_sort | necrotizing soft tissue infection of the upper extremity as a manifestation of hansen’s disease |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9120760/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35601518 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhsg.2022.01.005 |
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