Category: Skin-Dermatology

Posted on | Posted on John Murphy | Leave a Comment on Purpura Annularis Skin Rash Following a Booster Dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine: Coincidence or Correlation?

Purpura Annularis Skin Rash Following a Booster Dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine: Coincidence or Correlation?

Amal Al Salmi • Abdullah Al Shibli • Maimuna Al-Saadi, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.78336  Abstract Following the widespread distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, a range of side effects have been reported globally. These effects range from mild reactions,…[...]

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Posted on | Posted on John Murphy | Leave a Comment on Nails and COVID‐19 – A comprehensive review of clinical findings and treatment

Nails and COVID‐19 – A comprehensive review of clinical findings and treatment

Uwe Wollina 1,✉, Jean Kanitakis 2, Robert Baran 3, PMCID: PMC8420555  PMID: 34398500 Abstract The SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, responsible for COVID‐19, has raised the interest for infection‐associated muco‐cutaneous symptoms. While dermatologic symptoms in general gained an increasing awareness,…[...]

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Posted on | Posted on John Murphy | Leave a Comment on Three years on, COVID-19 and the skin: long-term impacts, emerging trends and clinical practice 

Three years on, COVID-19 and the skin: long-term impacts, emerging trends and clinical practice 

Esther E Freeman, Ignacio Garcia-Doval, Luigi Naldi, Roderick J Hay, British Journal of Dermatology, Volume 189, Issue 1, July 2023, Pages 1–3, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljad131 In early 2020 there were reports of a new and potentially…[...]

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COVID-19-Vaccination-Induced Localized Lichen Planus Successfully Treated With Phototherapy

Mahdi Al Dhafiri,, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.66907  Abstract Lichen planus (LP) is an inflammatory autoimmune mucocutaneous disease with different forms and presentations. It mainly affects the skin and oral mucosa but could also…[...]

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Posted on | Posted on John Murphy | Leave a Comment on Late-Onset Urticarial and Erythema Multiforme-Like Eruption Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Late-Onset Urticarial and Erythema Multiforme-Like Eruption Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Barbara S. Suening • Molly E. Boyko • Alicia J. Starr • M. Holly Glover, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.78547  Abstract Although SARS-CoV-2 primarily targets the upper respiratory system, its evolving clinical profile has revealed a diverse range of manifestations…[...]

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