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Case Reports
. 2020 May 26;35(Suppl 2):49.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.35.2.23576. eCollection 2020.

Polymorphous acral eruption and Covid-19

Youness Elkhachine  1   2 , Abdessamad Sakkah  1   2 , Ihssane Hallab  1   2 , Abderrazak Jakar  1 , Mohamed Elhaouri  1 , Jalal Elbenaye  1   2
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Polymorphous acral eruption and Covid-19

Youness Elkhachine et al. Pan Afr Med J. .

Abstract

Clinical manifestations associated with covid-19 seem to be not limited to the lungs and widen to affect several organs including skin. Through two cases well documented, we report cutaneous manifestations strongly suggestive of Covid-19 which dermatologists are beginning to report worldwide and which we proposed to call them polymorphous acral eruption.

Keywords: Covid-19; acral eruption; immunological; polymorphous; skin; young.

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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Figure 1
Erythematopurpuric lesions of the toes and soles “chilblains like”
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Figure 2
Non-itching painless papulovesicular lesions of the fingers
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