“…[2,9] The Lucio's phenomenon corresponds to a necrotizing vas-culitis with microscopic thrombosis and is one of the clinical manifestations of lepromatous leprosy, [8] requires for its diagnosis to document the presence of multibacillary leprosy and the histopathological diagnosis of necrotizing vasculitis in patients without visceral symptoms with painful plaques or nodules that tend to ulcerate, who generally have not received treatment. [6,7,9,10] This usually starts in the feet and advances cephaladically towards the hands, back and face, initially the lesions debut as erythematous macules of different sizes and shapes, which evolve at 24 to 48 hours, and on the third and fourth day to dark purpurical lesions that end in small blisters due to central necrosis, nevertheless, our case presented in the latter phase with necrosis of the fleshy parts of the distal phalanges. [7,8] Usually these patients present alopecia, lagoftalmos, nasal septum destruction or perforation, some of them compatible with the presented case.…”