Unilesional monkeypox: A report of two cases from Italy

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102424

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. 2022 Sep-Oct:49:102424.

doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102424. Epub 2022 Aug 10.

Unilesional monkeypox: A report of two cases from Italy

Eleonora Quattri¹, Gianluca Avallone², Carlo A Maronese³, Marco Cusini⁴, Carlo G Carrera³, Angelo V Marzano³, Stefano Ramoni⁴

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¹ Dermatology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy; Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: eleonora.quattri@unimi.it.
² Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Dermatology Clinic, Turin, Italy.
³ Dermatology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy; Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Dermatology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.

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PMCID: PMC9533888
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102424

Case Reports

Unilesional monkeypox: A report of two cases from Italy

Eleonora Quattri et al. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2022 Sep-Oct.

. 2022 Sep-Oct:49:102424.

doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102424. Epub 2022 Aug 10.

Authors

Eleonora Quattri¹, Gianluca Avallone², Carlo A Maronese³, Marco Cusini⁴, Carlo G Carrera³, Angelo V Marzano³, Stefano Ramoni⁴

Affiliations

¹ Dermatology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy; Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: eleonora.quattri@unimi.it.
² Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Dermatology Clinic, Turin, Italy.
³ Dermatology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy; Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Dermatology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 35961491
PMCID: PMC9533888
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102424

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Keywords: Monkeypox; Sexually transmitted infection; Unilesional monkeypox; Vesico-pustular lesions.

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Declaration of competing interest All authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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**Fig. 1**
Single vesico-pustular lesion with marked umbilication on the foreskin of patient 1 (a) and on the penis shaft of patient 2 (b). Dermoscopy showed whitish structureless areas with a brownish central depression and peripheral erythema in both cases (c,d).

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[1] Alpalhão M., Frade J.V., Sousa D., et al. Monkeypox: a new (sexually transmissible) epidemic? J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2022 Jul 16 doi: 10.1111/jdv.18424. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35841292. - DOI - PubMed

[2] Alpalhão M., Frade J.V., Sousa D., et al. Monkeypox: a new (sexually transmissible) epidemic? J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2022 Jul 16 doi: 10.1111/jdv.18424. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35841292. - DOI - PubMed

[3] Bosworth A., Wakerley D., Houlihan C.F., Atabani S.F. Monkeypox: an old foe, with new challenges. Infect Prev Pract. 2022 Jun 30;4(3) doi: 10.1016/j.infpip.2022.100229. PMID: 35847384; PMCID: PMC9283547. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[4] Bosworth A., Wakerley D., Houlihan C.F., Atabani S.F. Monkeypox: an old foe, with new challenges. Infect Prev Pract. 2022 Jun 30;4(3) doi: 10.1016/j.infpip.2022.100229. PMID: 35847384; PMCID: PMC9283547. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[5] Thornhill J.P., Barkati S., Walmsley S., et al. Monkeypox virus infection in humans across 16 countries - april-june 2022. N Engl J Med. 2022 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2207323. 10.1056/NEJMoa2207323. - DOI - PubMed

[6] Thornhill J.P., Barkati S., Walmsley S., et al. Monkeypox virus infection in humans across 16 countries - april-june 2022. N Engl J Med. 2022 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2207323. 10.1056/NEJMoa2207323. - DOI - PubMed

[7] Maronese C.A., Beretta A., Avallone G., et al. Clinical, dermoscopic and histopathological findings in localized human monkeypox: a case from northern Italy. Br J Dermatol. 2022 doi: 10.1111/bjd.21773. 10.1111/bjd.21773. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[8] Maronese C.A., Beretta A., Avallone G., et al. Clinical, dermoscopic and histopathological findings in localized human monkeypox: a case from northern Italy. Br J Dermatol. 2022 doi: 10.1111/bjd.21773. 10.1111/bjd.21773. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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