Viral exanthem with “Spins and needles sensation” on extremities of a COVID-19 patient: A self-reported case from an Indonesian medical frontliner

• Main Authors: Bayushi Eka Putra, Suko Adiarto, Santi Rahayu Dewayanti, Dafsah Arifa Juzar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020-07-01
• Series: International Journal of Infectious Diseases
• Subjects: COVID-19; Cutaneous manifestation; Pins and needles sensation; Medical personnel
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220303271
• ISSN: 1201-9712

Cutaneous manifestation is a newly reported clinical manifestation of COVID-19 infection. The clinical description of cutaneous manifestation is still not fully described. Our patient, a medical person, had viral exanthem distributed in the extremities along with a “Spins and needles sensation,” which differs from a previously published paper on cutaneous manifestations. The differential diagnosis of drug-induced skin rash and hand-foot-mouth disease was ruled out based on the patient's previous history and course of the disease.