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Skin eruption and gastrointestinal symptoms as presentation of COVID-19
Sherman Chu1, Luisa F Christensen2, Dennis Vidmar2
1Department of Dermatology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, and Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Northwest, Lebanon, Oregon, USA.
Abstract:
Recently, several cutaneous manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been reported. However, there is a paucity of published images. Those that have been published so far tend to fall under distinct morphologic categories. We present a 52-year-old patient with an ill-defined skin eruption that preceded mild gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and without respiratory symptoms who tested positive for COVID-19. With this case report, we widen the spectrum of the cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19 infection. Consequently, we propose an expansion of the criteria for COVID-19 testing when skin findings are associated with relatively mild GI symptoms.
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