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COVID-19-specific skin changes related to SARS-CoV-2: Visualizing a monumental public health challenge
Robert A Schwartz1, W Clark Lambert1
1Dermatology, Pathology, Medicine, Pediatrics, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Medical Sciences Building H-576, 185 South Orange Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07103, USA.
Abstract:
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has caused coronavirus disease-2019, known as COVID-19, now a pandemic stressing millions of individuals worldwide. COVID-19 is a systemic respiratory infection that may have dermatologic signs and systemic sequelae, a devastating public health challenge with parallels to the two great influenza pandemics of the last century. Skin lesions linked with COVID-19 have been grouped into six categories, with three distinct indicative patterns: vesicular (varicella-like), vasculopathic, and chilblains-like (including "COVID toes" and "COVID fingers") plus the following three less suggestive patterns: dermatitic, maculopapular, and urticarial morphologies. Vasculopathic changes are the most concerning, in some patients, reflecting a devastating blood clotting dysfunction. We discuss the ways to detect, prevent, and treat COVID-19, keeping in mind the context of possible cutaneous markers of COVID-19 to enhance detection.
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