key: cord-0734108-jvoyhv7y
authors: Genovese, Giovanni; Colonna, Cristiana; Marzano, Angelo V.
title: Varicella‐like exanthem associated with COVID‐19 in an 8‐year‐old girl: A diagnostic clue?
date: 2020-05-19
journal: Pediatr Dermatol
DOI: 10.1111/pde.14201
sha: 4badde94a48c7016b4a0216b04128198f881a4ec
doc_id: 734108
cord_uid: jvoyhv7y

It has been reported that the novel coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) may be associated with a papulovesicular skin eruption predominantly involving the trunk. We hereby present a case of COVID‐19–associated varicella‐like exanthem in an 8‐year‐old girl with mild systemic symptoms.

On March 21, 2020, an 8-year-old girl from Milan (Lombardy region, Italy) presented to our outpatient service for a 3-day history of an asymptomatic papulovesicular skin eruption. On physical examination, there were about forty erythematous papules and few vesicles scattered bilaterally and symmetrically on the trunk. Limbs, face, and genitals as well as mucous membranes were spared. The lesions were initially erythematous papules ( Figure 1A 

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