Psoriasis-Like Lesions Secondary to SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Abstract

In 2019, the first case of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pneumoniae was reported in Wuhan, People's Republic of China. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 can involve different organ systems, including the skin. Twenty percent of patients in an Italian medical ward had cutaneous manifestations. We described a 65-year-old White woman who developed not itchy, not painful, erythematous, slightly infiltrated plaques characterized by fine desquamation and localized at the extremities secondary to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. Local treatment with calcipotriene and betamethasone dipropionate was started with clinical response. The close association with Coronavirus disease diagnosis and the clinical response to calcipotriene and local steroid therapy suggested psoriasis-like eruption secondary to SARS-CoV-2 infection.