Recognizable vascular skin manifestations of SARS‐CoV‐2 (COVID‐19) infection are uncommon in patients with darker skin phototypes.

Recognizable vascular skin manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection are uncommon in patients with darker skin phototypes Reported cutaneous manifestations of SARS-Cov-2 infection include maculopapular rash, urticarial rash, varicelliform or vesicular lesions, petechiae/purpura, livedoid/necrotic lesions, chilblain-like lesions ("COVID toes"), erythema multiforme-like lesions1 and aphthous ulcers.2 These cutaneous manifestations have been mostly reported from countries with populations of lighter skin phototypes, with a paucity of data from the populations with darker skin phototypes.3 We conducted a prospective study to report the prevalence and patterns of cutaneous manifestations in patients with COVID-19 from India. All 10 patients had Fitzpatrick skin types IV or V. In all our patients, the cutaneous features followed the symptoms of COVID-19. 1 TableDetails of the patients possible COVID-19-related cutaneous features included in the study. [Extracted from the article]