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Review
. 2020 Jul;33(4):e13696.
doi: 10.1111/dth.13696. Epub 2020 Jun 24.

Cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19: A review of the published literature

Ömer Faruk Elmas  1 , Abdullah Demirbaş  2 , Kemal Özyurt  1 , Mustafa Atasoy  3 , Ümit Türsen  4
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Review

Cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19: A review of the published literature

Ömer Faruk Elmas et al. Dermatol Ther. 2020 Jul.

Abstract

COVID-19 is a highly contagious respiratory tract infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. COVID-19 outbreak, which caused thousands of deaths, has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. The infection has been reported to demonstrate different types of cutaneous manifestations including urticarial, maculopapular, papulovesicular, purpuric, livedoid, and thrombotic-ischemic lesions. Given the high mortality rate of the infection, timely and accurate identification of relevant cutaneous manifestations may play a key role in the early diagnosis and management. In this study, we provide a review with a focus on the reported cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19.

Keywords: COVID-19; coronavirus; cutaneous manifestations; skin.

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