Cutaneous Manifestations of COVID-19 in the Lower Limbs: A Narrative Review

Inmaculada C. Palomo-Toucedo, Manuel Jesús López-Sánchez, María Reina-Bueno and Manuel Coheña-Jiménez
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Inmaculada C. Palomo-Toucedo: Department of Podiatry, Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain
Manuel Jesús López-Sánchez: Independent Researcher, 41009 Seville, Spain
María Reina-Bueno: Department of Podiatry, Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain
Manuel Coheña-Jiménez: Department of Podiatry, Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 14, 1-9

Abstract: In 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic. This infectious pathology can be associated with different manifestations in different body systems, among which are dermatological lesions. The purpose of this work is to determine the most frequent dermatological signs, in the lower limbs, produced by SARS-CoV-2. To carry this out, a bibliographic search was performed in the following databases: PubMed, SciELO, ScienceDirect, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and the Google Scholar literature. The inclusion criteria were articles that included confirmed subjects or those with a clinical suspicion of COVID-19, written in the Spanish or English languages, and the results presented clinical manifestations in the lower extremities. Initially, 128 scientific documents were identified and, after reading the title and abstract, 18 articles were selected. The most frequent skin lesions on the lower limbs are acral lesions such as pernio erythema or ischemic lesions, maculopapular rash, petechiae, and erythematous plaques.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; skin manifestations; chilblain; acro-ischemic lesions; cutaneous manifestations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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