id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-303514-2ljmkabk Recalcati, S. Acral cutaneous lesions in the time of COVID‐19 2020-05-27 .txt text/plain 780 46 47 1, 2 We report here on peculiar (perniosis-like) skin lesions, unreported in the previous years, observed in young outpatients visited in our dermatologic unit in the last 4 weeks of COVID-19 pandemic (March-April 2020). 1, 2 We report here on peculiar (perniosis-like) skin lesions, unreported in the previous years, observed in young outpatients visited in our dermatologic unit in the last 4 weeks of COVID-19 pandemic (March-April 2020). 3, 4 Nevertheless, in the hypothesis that these skin lesions were linked to COVID-19 infection, we checked accurately for acral perniotic signs 107 COVID-19-positive patients (average age 72.2 years, 58 males, 49 females) hospitalized in our hospital for acute respiratory illness. The swab negativity could be explained with the disappearance of detectable viral presence after a brief asymptomatic course: according to this hypothesis, the observed skin lesions would represent late manifestations of the COVID-19 infection in young healthy subjects, possibly due to an immunologic response targeting the cutaneous vessels. ./cache/cord-303514-2ljmkabk.txt ./txt/cord-303514-2ljmkabk.txt