Cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19 patients in a Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil, and global literature review.
An Bras Dermatol
; 98(4): 466-471, 2023.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2254129
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a myriad of cutaneous manifestations have been described in association with this viral infection. However, in Latin America, this kind of data is still scarce.OBJECTIVE:
In this sense, the goal of this study was to describe the dermatological findings observed during SARS-CoV-2 infection, in a Brazilian Hospital.METHODS:
This is a cross-sectional, retrospective and descriptive study of 50 cases of new-onset dermatologic symptoms in patients with COVID-19, treated at Hospital Sírio-Libanês, from February to June 2020.RESULTS:
The patients (nâ¯=â¯50) were classified into 6 groups, according to the elementary lesions and the statistical analysis was performed. The most common cutaneous lesions were maculopapular eruptions (44%), necrosis, purpura, and livedo (32%), urticarial lesions (12%), pseudochilblains (4%) and papular-vesicular eruption (4%). In 46% of the patients the cutaneous lesions occurred in association with other symptoms, such as pruritus (38%), pain and burning sensation (8%). Lower limbs were affected in 44% of the cases, followed by the trunk (38%), upper limbs (24%) and face (14%). Cutaneous lesions were mostly found after other COVID-19 systemic symptoms, with a mean period between the viral syndrome and cutaneous signs of 5 days (SDâ¯=â¯6.1 days). STUDYLIMITATIONS:
It is a small sample, in a single-center study, with patients exclusively from a private Hospital.CONCLUSIONS:
Patients in Brazil have the same proportion of lesions as revealed in other studies in Europa. The compiled data is essential for a better understanding of cutaneous manifestations deemed secondary to COVID.Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Urticaria
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Exanthema
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
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Reviews
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
An Bras Dermatol
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
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