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Comment
. 2020 Oct;45(7):896-898.
doi: 10.1111/ced.14305. Epub 2020 Jul 13.

Comment on 'Clinical and histological characterization of vesicular COVID-19 rashes: a prospective study in a tertiary care hospital'. Pseudoherpetic Grover disease seems to occur in patients with COVID-19 infection

M Llamas-Velasco  1 , P Chicharro  1 , P Rodríguez-Jiménez  1 , L Martos-Cabrera  1 , D De Argila  1 , M Fernández-Figueras  2 , J Fraga  3
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Comment on 'Clinical and histological characterization of vesicular COVID-19 rashes: a prospective study in a tertiary care hospital'. Pseudoherpetic Grover disease seems to occur in patients with COVID-19 infection

M Llamas-Velasco et al. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2020 Oct.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
(a) Papules and vesicles involving the whole trunk. Different sizes of the lesions can be observed. (b) Anterior trunk of the same patient detail showing mostly vesicles and crusted papules.
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a) Intraepidermal vesicle filled with plasma. (b) Detail of dyskeratotic cells as well as groups of acantholytic cells resembling multinucleated herpetic cells.
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