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Case Reports
. 2020 Oct;59(10):1290-1292.
doi: 10.1111/ijd.15104. Epub 2020 Aug 9.

Grover-like skin eruption: another cutaneous manifestation in a COVID-19 patient

Julian Boix-Vilanova  1 , Ines Gracia-Darder  1 , Carlos Saus  2 , Daniel Ramos  1 , Ana Llull  1 , Carlos Santonja  3 , Luis J Del Pozo  1 , Ana Martín-Santiago  1
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Grover-like skin eruption: another cutaneous manifestation in a COVID-19 patient

Julian Boix-Vilanova et al. Int J Dermatol. 2020 Oct.
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Figure 1
Clinical presentation at the outpatient consults. (a) Clinical image of the patient's skin lesions with multiple erythematous papules with central erosion and crusts located in the upper body. (b) “Macro” of the papules. (c) Dermatoscopic image, showing a central oval erosion with yellowish areas surrounded by a thin whitish halo
Figure 2
Figure 2
Histopathological findings. (a) Hematoxylin‐eosin x2: punch biopsy. Hematoxylin‐eosin x40: (b) exoserosis acantholysis and dyskeratotic cells with irregular nucleus surrounded by clear halo enclosed in eosinophilic shell; (c) perivascular lymphocytic infiltration with some eosinophils in the upper dermis. Immunohistochemical study for SARS‐CoV‐2 shows distinct granular positivity in (d) the endothelium of dermal vessels; (e) sweat gland epithelium
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