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. 2020 Jul;83(1):280-285.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.04.044. Epub 2020 Apr 16.

Varicella-like exanthem as a specific COVID-19-associated skin manifestation: Multicenter case series of 22 patients

Angelo Valerio Marzano  1 , Giovanni Genovese  2 , Gabriella Fabbrocini  3 , Paolo Pigatto  4 , Giuseppe Monfrecola  3 , Bianca Maria Piraccini  5 , Stefano Veraldi  2 , Pietro Rubegni  6 , Marco Cusini  7 , Valentina Caputo  8 , Franco Rongioletti  9 , Emilio Berti  2 , Piergiacomo Calzavara-Pinton  10
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Varicella-like exanthem as a specific COVID-19-associated skin manifestation: Multicenter case series of 22 patients

Angelo Valerio Marzano et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 Jul.
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A-D, Papulovesicular exanthem on the trunk in 4 patients with COVID-19. A-C, In 3 patients, predominance of papules is seen. D, In another patient mainly presenting with vesicles, exanthem resolution with crusts is evident; E, Basket-wave hyperkeratosis; slightly atrophic epidermis; and vacuolar degeneration of the basal layer with multinucleate, hyperchromatic keratinocytes and dyskeratotic cells. Note the absence of inflammatory infiltrate. (Hematoxylin-eosin stain; original magnification: ×4.) F, Close-up image with atrophic epidermis, vacuolar alteration with disorganized keratinocytes lacking orderly maturation, and enlarged and multinucleate keratinocytes with dyskeratotic (apoptotic) cells. (Hematoxylin-eosin stain; original magnification: ×20).
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