Cutaneous lesions in a patient with COVID‐19: are they related?
| Autor: | Btissem Ahouach, A Ullmer, S Harent, L. Blum, O Tess, Pascale Martres, Edouard Begon, Claude Bachmeyer |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Image Correspondence medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Dermatology medicine.disease Rash Asymptomatic Perivascular Lymphocytic Infiltrate body regions 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences Pneumonia 0302 clinical medicine Skin biopsy Biopsy Medicine medicine.symptom business Burning Sensation Spongiosis |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Dermatology The British Journal of Dermatology |
| ISSN: | 1365-2133 0007-0963 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/bjd.19168 |
| Popis: | A previously healthy 57‐year‐old woman presented with fever (39 °C) lasting for 4 days, and dry cough and rash appeared 2 days before. Diffuse fixed erythematous blanching maculopapular lesions were present, asymptomatic over the limbs and trunk, with burning sensation over the palms (a, b). She denied any drug intake, excepting paracetamol for fever. Thorax computed tomography scan was typical of COVID‐19; nasopharyngeal swab polymerase chain reaction (PCR) confirmed SARS‐CoV‐2. Infectious enquiry was otherwise negative. Skin biopsy specimen showed slight spongiosis, basal cell vacuolation and mild perivascular lymphocytic infiltrate (c). |
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