Skin manifestations in COVID‐19 patients, state of the art. A systematic review

Introduction Since COVID‐19 has become a pandemic, extensive literature has been produced. The commonest symptoms of COVID‐19 disease are fever, cough, anosmia, and lymphocytopenia. However, other apparently less common clinical symptoms have been described, including skin lesions. We conducted a systematic review to evaluate skin involvement in COVID‐19. Methods The authors performed a systematic review of literature, in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic and Meta‐Analysis (PRISMA). The search was reiterated until May 06, 2020. Results Overall, 1593 patients (M/F ratio: 1 : 9) with suspect of COVID‐19 were examined. The mean age was 37.8 (range 0–91) years. Among the analyzed patients, 84 (5.3%) were pediatrics (