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Comment
. 2020 Nov;33(6):e13852.
doi: 10.1111/dth.13852. Epub 2020 Jul 8.

Comment on "Generalized pustular figurate erythema: A newly delineated severe cutaneous drug reaction linked with hydroxychloroquine": Report of a COVID-19 patient with particular findings

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Comment on "Generalized pustular figurate erythema: A newly delineated severe cutaneous drug reaction linked with hydroxychloroquine": Report of a COVID-19 patient with particular findings

Ana Suarez-Valle et al. Dermatol Ther. 2020 Nov.
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FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
A, Millimetric non‐follicular sterile pustules arising over an oedematous erythema affecting mainly the upper trunk and folds. B, View of the same elementary lesions in the infra‐mammary fold at higher magnification
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Evolution of the rash after 3 weeks with widespread desquamation

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