Erythema nodosum as a cutaneous manifestation of COVID-19 infection

Autor: Blandine Mooser, Hoa Phong Pham Huu Thien, Philipp Suter
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Adult
Male
0301 basic medicine
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Pneumonia
Viral

Skin Cream
TB and other respiratory infections
Context (language use)
Laboratory testing
Diagnosis
Differential

Betacoronavirus
030207 dermatology & venereal diseases
03 medical and health sciences
COVID-19 Testing
Erythema Nodosum
0302 clinical medicine
Humans
Medicine
Glucocorticoids
Pandemics
Erythema nodosum
Analgesics
Unusual Presentation of More Common Disease/Injury
Clinical Laboratory Techniques
SARS-CoV-2
business.industry
COVID-19
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Dermatology
dermatology
Treatment Outcome
030104 developmental biology
Male patient
Etiology
Radiography
Thoracic

Differential diagnosis
Coronavirus Infections
Tomography
X-Ray Computed

business
Zdroj: BMJ Case Reports
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-236613
Popis: Erythema nodosum (EN) is a common dermatological manifestation with many different aetiologies. Often however, the aetiology remains unidentified. We present here a 42-year-old male patient with an EN that is due to an acute COVID-19 infection. Most of the usual aetiologies were excluded by laboratory testing and imaging studies. This case is, to our knowledge, the first report of this cutaneous manifestation in the context of a COVID-19 infection. The EN was successfully treated with the disappearance of the COVID-19 infection and topical corticosteroids.
Databáze: OpenAIRE