Cutaneous manifestations in COVID-19 – clinical forms and differential diagnosis

• Published in: Practica medicală (2006) Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 292 - 296
• Main Authors: LERU, Polliana Mihaela, NEGULEŢ, Iulia Elena, ANTON, Vlad Florin, BALTĂ, Mihaela Daniela
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amaltea Medical Publishing House 30-09-2020
• Subjects: adverse drug reactions; covid-19; sars-cov-2; skin manifestation
• ISSN: 1842-8258; 2069-6108
• DOI: 10.37897/RJMP.2020.3.6

Infection with the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, responsible for COVID-19 disease, may occur differently from person to person. The main symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection are dry cough, dyspnea, fever and fatigue. In addition, other symptoms that occur less frequently in COVID-19 disease have been described, such as: headache, diarrhea, muscle aches, conjunctivitis and skin manifestations. The cutaneous manifestations appeared in this disease are mainly represented by the morbiliform rash, urticaria, COVID fingers and less often vesicular eruptions and livedo reticularis. These skin lesions are also found in other diseases and can cause problems of differential diagnosis, especially in the case of adverse drug reactions.