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ReviewClinics in dermatology

Clinicopathologic correlations of COVID-19-related cutaneous manifestations with special emphasis on histopathologic patterns.

Franco Rongioletti, Caterina Ferreli, Paolo Sena, Valentina Caputo, Laura Atzori

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Review in Clinics in dermatology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Occurrence of erythema multiforme following COVID-19 vaccination: a review.Clinical and experimental vaccine research · 2023
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  2. Dermatopathology of COVID-19 infection and vaccination.Pathologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2022
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  3. Erythema Multiforme after BNT162b2 Vaccination.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2022
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  6. Cutaneous Manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 Infection.American journal of clinical dermatology · 2022
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  8. Erythema multiforme after third COVID-19 vaccination (Pfizer-BioNTech).Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) · 2022
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  12. The crucial role of clinicopathological correlation in COVID-19-related cutaneous manifestations.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Franco RongiolettiUnit of Dermatology, Department Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy; IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital and Dental School, Vita Salute University, 20132 Milan, Italy.
Caterina FerreliUnit of Dermatology, Department Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. Electronic address: ferreli@unica.it.
Paolo SenaUnit of Dermatology, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy.
Valentina CaputoUnit of Pathology, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy.
Laura AtzoriUnit of Dermatology, Department Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
University of Cagliari · ITAzienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda · ITOspedale Papa Giovanni XXIII · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skin is one of target organs affected by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, and in response to the current COVID-19 pandemic, a fast body of literature has emerged on related cutaneous manifestations. Current perspective is that the skin is not only a bystander of the general cytokines storm with thrombophilic multiorgan injury, but it is directly affected by the epithelial tropism of the virus, as confirmed by the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in endothelial cells and epithelial cells of epidermis and eccrine glands. In contrast with the abundance of epidemiologic and clinical reports, histopathologic characterization of skin manifestations is limited. Without an adequate clinicopathologic correlation, nosology of clinically similar conditions is confusing, and effective association with COVID-19 remains presumptive. Several patients with different types of skin lesions, including the most specific acral chilblains-like lesions, showed negative results at SARS-CoV-2 nasopharyngeal and serologic sampling. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of what has currently been reported worldwide, with a particular emphasis on microscopic patterns of the skin manifestations in patients exposed to or affected by COVID-19. Substantial breakthroughs may occur in the near future from more skin biopsies, improvement of immunohistochemistry studies, RNA detection of SARS-CoV-2 strain by real-time polymerase chain reaction-based assay, and electron microscopic studies.

Indexed as

ChilblainsCOVID-19Erythema MultiformeExanthemaHumansNecrosisPurpuraSARS-CoV-2SkinSkin DiseasesSystemic Inflammatory Response SyndromeUrticaria

Identifiers

PMID33972045
PMCPMC7832768
OpenAlexW3111390822

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