Case Report: Chilblains-like lesions (COVID-19 toes) during the pandemic - is there a diagnostic window? [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved]
Joanna Ludzik,
Alexander Witkowski,
Donna E. Hansel,
Philipp W. Raess,
Kevin White,
Sancy Leachman
Affiliations
Joanna Ludzik
Department of Dermatology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, 97239, USA
Alexander Witkowski
Department of Dermatology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, 97239, USA
Donna E. Hansel
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, 97239, USA
Philipp W. Raess
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, 97239, USA
Kevin White
Department of Dermatology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, 97239, USA
Sancy Leachman
Department of Dermatology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, 97239, USA
The COVID-19 outbreak caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, typically presents with symptoms including fever, cough, headache, myalgia, asthenia, anosmia, diarrhea, and sometimes pneumonia, which can be fatal. Recently, new dermatologic findings have been described in association with the disease that can potentially be a distinguishing feature of infection. One such feature resembles chilblains and this case report represents a presentation of this feature with a 48-year-old female with violaceous lesions with surrounding pink erythema on her toes who tested negative for COVID-19.
