COVID-19 chilblain-like lesion: immunohistochemical demonstration of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in blood vessel endothelium and sweat gland epithelium in a polymerase chain reaction-negative patient

Br J Dermatol. 2020 Oct;183(4):778-780. doi: 10.1111/bjd.19338. Epub 2020 Jul 29.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification
  • Biopsy
  • COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Testing
  • Chilblains / diagnosis
  • Chilblains / pathology
  • Chilblains / virology*
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques / methods*
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Coronavirus Infections / pathology
  • Coronavirus Infections / virology
  • Endothelium, Vascular / pathology
  • Endothelium, Vascular / virology
  • Female
  • Foot
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / pathology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / virology
  • RNA, Viral / isolation & purification
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Skin / blood supply
  • Skin / pathology
  • Skin / virology
  • Skin Diseases / diagnosis
  • Skin Diseases / pathology
  • Skin Diseases / virology*
  • Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Sweat Glands / pathology
  • Sweat Glands / virology

Substances

  • RNA, Viral
  • Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
  • spike protein, SARS-CoV-2