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COVID-19 , Skin Diseases , Consensus , Humans , Mouth Mucosa , Pandemics , Prospective Studies , SARS-CoV-2 , SpainABSTRACT
Early diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection is very important to establish timely treatment. In the present report, through the examination carried out in otorhinolaryngology, we found a pearlescent vesicular enanthema in the upper palate in 954/958 patients with the classic strain and it was not found in patients with the English strain. This finding had not been reported. The patients were successfully treated on time, only two patients died, which was associated with decompensated diabetes mellitus. The present report suggests that the vesicular enanthem found is pathognomonic for Covid-19 classic strains.
El diagnóstico temprano de la infección por SARS-CoV-2 es muy importante para establecer un tratamiento oportuno. En el presente reporte, en la exploración realizada en otorrinolaringología encontramos un enantema vesicular aperlado en el paladar superior en 954 de 958 pacientes con la cepa clásica, y no se encontró en pacientes con la cepa inglesa. Este hallazgo no se había reportado. Los pacientes fueron tratados a tiempo exitosamente y solo dos pacientes murieron, lo cual se asoció a diabetes mellitus descompensada. Este reporte sugiere que el enantema vesicular encontrado es patognomónico de COVID-19 por cepas clásicas.
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COVID-19 , Diabetes Mellitus , Humans , SARS-CoV-2ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) has many manifestations, including respiratory, thrombotic, neurologic, digestive, and cutaneous ones. Cutaneous manifestations have been classified into 5 clinical patterns: acro-ischemic (pseudo-chilblain), vesicular, urticarial, maculopapular, and livedoid. Oral manifestations have also been reported, but much less frequently. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We performed a cross-sectional study in which we examined the oral mucosa of 666 patients with COVID-19 at the IFEMA field hospital in Madrid in April 2020. RESULTS: Seventy-eight patients (11.7%) had changes involving the oral mucosa. The most common were transient anterior U-shaped lingual papillitis (11.5%) accompanied or not by tongue swelling (6.6%), aphthous stomatitis (6.9%), a burning sensation in the mouth (5.3%), mucositis (3.9%), glossitis with patchy depapillation (3.9%), white tongue (1.6%), and enanthema (0.5%). Most of the patients also reported taste disturbances. CONCLUSION: COVID-19 also manifests in the oral cavity. The most common manifestations are transient U-shaped lingual papillitis, glossitis with patchy depapillation, and burning mouth syndrome. Mucositis with or without aphthous ulcers or enanthema may also be observed. Any these findings may be key clues to a diagnosis of COVID-19.