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. 2020 Oct;34(10):e559-e561.
doi: 10.1111/jdv.16706. Epub 2020 Jul 2.

Histology of skin lesions establishes that the vesicular rash associated with COVID-19 is not 'varicella-like'

A Mahé  1 , E Birckel  1 , C Merklen  1 , P Lefèbvre  1 , C Hannedouche  1 , M Jost  1 , L Droy-Dupré  1
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Histology of skin lesions establishes that the vesicular rash associated with COVID-19 is not 'varicella-like'

A Mahé et al. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2020 Oct.
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(a) COVID‐19‐ associated vesicular rash involving the back in a patient. (b–d) Histologic features of COVID‐19‐associated vesicular rash, haematoxylin‐eosin staining, (b) Acantholysis, intraepidermal vesicle, suprabasal clefts. (c) Prominent dyskeratosis with ‘pomegranate‐like’ aspect. (d) Suspected nuclear viral inclusions (black arrows), multinucleated cells (white arrows).
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