Background: COVID-19 is associated with a wide range of skin manifestations.Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics of COVID-19-associated skin manifestations and explore the relationships among the 6 main cutaneous phenotypes and systemic findings.Methods: Twenty-one Italian Dermatology Units were asked to collect the demographic, clinical, and histopathologic data of 200 patients with COVID-19-associated skin manifestations. The severity of COVID-19 was classified as asymptomatic, mild, moderate, or severe.Results: A chilblain-like acral pattern was significantly associated with a younger age (P < .0001) and, after adjusting for age, significantly associated with less severe COVID-19 (P = .0009). However, the median duration of chilblain-like lesions was significantly longer than that of the other cutaneous manifestations taken together (P < .0001). Patients with moderate/severe COVID-19 were more represented than those with asymptomatic/mild COVID-19 among the patients with cutaneous manifestations other than chilblain-like lesions, but only the confluent erythematous/maculo-papular/morbilliform phenotype was significantly associated with more severe COVID-19 (P = .015), and this significance disappeared after adjustment for age.Limitations: Laboratory confirmation of COVID-19 was not possible in all cases.Conclusions: After adjustment for age, there was no clear-cut spectrum of COVID-19 severity in patients with COVID-19-related skin manifestations, although chilblain-like acral lesions were more frequent in younger patients with asymptomatic/pauci-symptomatic COVID-19.

The clinical spectrum of COVID-19–associated cutaneous manifestations: An Italian multicenter study of 200 adult patients / Marzano A.V.; Genovese G.; Moltrasio C.; Gaspari V.; Vezzoli P.; Maione V.; Misciali C.; Sena P.; Patrizi A.; Offidani A.; Quaglino P.; Arco R.; Caproni M.; Rovesti M.; Bordin G.; Recalcati S.; Potenza C.; Guarneri C.; Fabbrocini G.; Tomasini C.; Sorci M.; Lombardo M.; Gisondi P.; Conti A.; Casazza G.; Peris K.; Calzavara-Pinton P.; Berti E.. - In: JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY. - ISSN 0022-202X. - ELETTRONICO. - 84:(2021), pp. 1356-1363. [10.1016/j.jaad.2021.01.023]

The clinical spectrum of COVID-19–associated cutaneous manifestations: An Italian multicenter study of 200 adult patients

Caproni M.;
2021

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Background: COVID-19 is associated with a wide range of skin manifestations.Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics of COVID-19-associated skin manifestations and explore the relationships among the 6 main cutaneous phenotypes and systemic findings.Methods: Twenty-one Italian Dermatology Units were asked to collect the demographic, clinical, and histopathologic data of 200 patients with COVID-19-associated skin manifestations. The severity of COVID-19 was classified as asymptomatic, mild, moderate, or severe.Results: A chilblain-like acral pattern was significantly associated with a younger age (P < .0001) and, after adjusting for age, significantly associated with less severe COVID-19 (P = .0009). However, the median duration of chilblain-like lesions was significantly longer than that of the other cutaneous manifestations taken together (P < .0001). Patients with moderate/severe COVID-19 were more represented than those with asymptomatic/mild COVID-19 among the patients with cutaneous manifestations other than chilblain-like lesions, but only the confluent erythematous/maculo-papular/morbilliform phenotype was significantly associated with more severe COVID-19 (P = .015), and this significance disappeared after adjustment for age.Limitations: Laboratory confirmation of COVID-19 was not possible in all cases.Conclusions: After adjustment for age, there was no clear-cut spectrum of COVID-19 severity in patients with COVID-19-related skin manifestations, although chilblain-like acral lesions were more frequent in younger patients with asymptomatic/pauci-symptomatic COVID-19.
2021
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Goal 3: Good health and well-being
Marzano A.V.; Genovese G.; Moltrasio C.; Gaspari V.; Vezzoli P.; Maione V.; Misciali C.; Sena P.; Patrizi A.; Offidani A.; Quaglino P.; Arco R.; Capro...espandi
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