Rash as a presenting complaint in a child with COVID-19 |
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Authors: | Anna Klimach MB BCh Jordan Evans MBBS Jennifer Stevens MB BCh Nikola Creasey MB BCh |
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Affiliation: | Children’s Emergency Assessment Unit, Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales, Cardiff, UK |
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Abstract: | Cutaneous manifestations are becoming increasingly well-documented in adults with COVID-19. There is now also a growing body of literature regarding skin involvement in children, with reports of papulovesicular, petechial and widespread macular and papular lesions, and chilblains (pernio). We describe the case of a 13-year-old boy with confirmed COVID-19 in the United Kingdom who presented with skin findings localized to the plantar aspects of the feet, axillae, and lower limbs. The morphology was predominantly maculopapular but also included petechiae and annular lesions. |
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Keywords: | child COVID-19 pediatric rash SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus |
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