Chilblain-like acral lesions during the COVID-19 pandemic (“COVID toes”): histologic, immunofluorescence, and immunohistochemical study of 17 cases
J Kanitakis, C Lesort, M Danset, D Jullien - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, several acral chilblain-like
lesions were observed in young patients with suspected, but mostly unconfirmed, infection
with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The histopathologic aspect of these
lesions is as yet poorly known. Objective To investigate the pathologic features of chilblain-
like lesions. Methods Biopsies were obtained from 17 cases of chilblain-like lesions during
the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in France and were studied by routine histologic …
lesions were observed in young patients with suspected, but mostly unconfirmed, infection
with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The histopathologic aspect of these
lesions is as yet poorly known. Objective To investigate the pathologic features of chilblain-
like lesions. Methods Biopsies were obtained from 17 cases of chilblain-like lesions during
the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in France and were studied by routine histologic …