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Case Reports
. 2020 Apr 23;100(8):adv00124.
doi: 10.2340/00015555-3490.

Cutaneous Clinico-Pathological Findings in three COVID-19-Positive Patients Observed in the Metropolitan Area of Milan, Italy

Raffaele Gianotti  1 , Stefano Veraldi, Sebastiano Recalcati, Marco Cusini, Massimo Ghislanzoni, Francesca Boggio, Lindy P Fox
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Case Reports

Cutaneous Clinico-Pathological Findings in three COVID-19-Positive Patients Observed in the Metropolitan Area of Milan, Italy

Raffaele Gianotti et al. Acta Derm Venereol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: covid; covid skin disease; covid skin diseases histopathology; covid skin diseases pathology; covid dermatopathology.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Case 1 (A). Erythema on the abdomen. (B). Erythematous macules on a leg. (C). Diffuse erythematous macules on a forearm. Case 2 (D). Erythema on the chest and abdomen. (E). Close up image demonstrating erythematous plaques made up of tiny papules. Case 3 (F, G). Widespread erythematous crusted papules; some of them are erosive.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Case 1. (A) Superficial perivascular dermatitis with mild spongiosis and a small thrombus in the mid dermis (encircled). (B) Vasculitis with nuclear debris and a small thrombus (encircled). (C) High magnification of a small thrombized vessel. Case 2: (D) Superficial perivascular dermatitis with lymphocytic vasculitis in mid dermis. (E) Extravasated red blood cells due to endothelial damage. Case 3: (F) Superficial perivascular and vesicular dermatitis with patchy band-like infiltration. (G) Dyskeratotic, ballooning and necrotic keratinocytes with lymphocytic exocytosis. (H) Nest of Langerhans cells within the epidermis.
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