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Editorial
. 2022 May;41(5):1611-1612.
doi: 10.1007/s10067-021-05948-5. Epub 2021 Oct 2.

Emergence of de novo cutaneous vasculitis post coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination

Ian Liang  1 , Sanjay Swaminathan  1   2   3   4   5 , Adrian Y S Lee  6   7   8
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Emergence of de novo cutaneous vasculitis post coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination

Ian Liang et al. Clin Rheumatol. 2022 May.
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Fig. 1
Leukocytoclastic vasculitis following coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination. Non-blanching bilateral lower limb vasculitic rash (A). On microscopy, perivascular inflammation was noted (arrow) (B) with deposition of C3 complement (C) and fibrinogen (D) in the superficial dermal vessels. Micrographs are taken at 100 × magnification
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