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Acral peeling as the sole skin manifestation of COVID‐19 in children
Author(s) -
AndinaMartínez David,
VillaizánPerez Carmen,
PavoGarcía María Rosa,
SuárezGómez Omar,
MonzónBueno Ana Isabel,
SanchezPrieto Isabel,
ViañoNogueira Pedro,
Torrelo Antonio
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/pde.14599
Subject(s) - medicine , desquamation , asymptomatic , dermatology , erythema , covid-19 , multisystem disease , disease , pediatrics , surgery , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak
Skin lesions in children with proven COVID‐19 are not frequent in the literature apart from those associated with multisystem inflammatory syndrome. Fortunately, microbiologic testing for SARS‐CoV‐2 has become widely available not only for admitted patients but also for mild cases. We present a series of 6 children with mild erythema and desquamation of the fingertips and/or toes as the only skin manifestation of COVID‐19. As all children had asymptomatic to mildly symptomatic disease, it is reasonable to consider this a sign of benign disease and favorable outcome.