Serial case reports: Pregnancy with Lucio’s phenomenon of leprosy in dr. Soetomo hospital, Surabaya


Published: 1 April 2019
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Authors

  • Nareswari I. Cininta Maternal Fetal Medicine Division, Obstetrics & Gynecologic Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
  • M.I.A Akbar Maternal Fetal Medicine Division, Obstetrics & Gynecologic Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
  • Rozi A. Aryananda Maternal Fetal Medicine Division, Obstetrics & Gynecologic Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
  • Khanisyah E. Gumilar Maternal Fetal Medicine Division, Obstetrics & Gynecologic Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
  • Manggala Pascawardhana Maternal Fetal Medicine Division, Obstetrics & Gynecologic Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
  • Budi Wicaksono Maternal Fetal Medicine Division, Obstetrics & Gynecologic Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
  • E. Ernawati Maternal Fetal Medicine Division, Obstetrics & Gynecologic Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
  • Agus Sulistyono Maternal Fetal Medicine Division, Obstetrics & Gynecologic Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
  • A. Aditiawarman Maternal Fetal Medicine Division, Obstetrics & Gynecologic Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
  • Hermanto T. Joewono Maternal Fetal Medicine Division, Obstetrics & Gynecologic Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
  • M.N. Abdullah Maternal Fetal Medicine Division, Obstetrics & Gynecologic Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
  • Erry G. Dachlan Maternal Fetal Medicine Division, Obstetrics & Gynecologic Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.

Leprosy is a complex disease which will affect in many aspects of the patient. In dr. Soetomo hospital, there were two cases of pregnancy with leprosy and Lucio’s phenomenon from 2014 until 2018. Both had been receiving multidrug therapy (MDT) before pregnancy but stopped due to lack of compliance. First case was resulted with term. Second case was admitted with worse condition than the first case, fetal growth restriction and ended with preterm delivery probably because the severity of the case. Lucio’s phenomenon incidence is increased in pregnancy due to immunodeficient condition. This serial case report shows that the initial diagnosis and optimum treatment of leprosy is very important especially in women of child-bearing age.


Cininta, N. I., Akbar, M., Aryananda, R. A., Gumilar, K. E., Pascawardhana, M., Wicaksono, B., Ernawati, E., Sulistyono, A., Aditiawarman, A., Joewono, H. T., Abdullah, M., & Dachlan, E. G. (2019). Serial case reports: Pregnancy with Lucio’s phenomenon of leprosy in dr. Soetomo hospital, Surabaya. Dermatology Reports, 11(s1). https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2019.8097

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