Dermatology
| COVID-19
Dermatology
COVID-19
Cutaneous manifestations in COVID-19: from a first perspective to a confirmation
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Published on Medfyle:
November 2020
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Key messages
- Many common viral infections involve skin symptoms.
- In this Italian case series, 20.4% of inpatients hospitalised with COVID-19 developed cutaneous manifestations.
- Skin symptoms were mainly seen on the trunk, and included erythematous rash, urticaria, and chickenpox-like vesicles.
- No correlation was found between cutaneous manifestations and infection severity.
Presenting Author
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Sebastiano Recalcati, MD
Dermatology Unit - ASSTS Lecco, Alessandro Manzoni Hospital, Lecco, Italy