Dermatological manifestations of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

The prevalence of dermatological manifestations among patients with COVID-19 has a wide variation from 0.2 - 20.4% in different countries. The commonly described manifestations are; maculopapular eruptions, urticarial lesions, pseudo-chilblains, vesicular eruptions and livedo or necrosis. There are several other manifestations described such as; enanthems, purpuric flexural lesions, Dengue-like rash, erythema multiforme-like lesions and vasculitis-like lesions. The study done in the National Hospital of Sri Lanka has revealed a prevalence of 1.7%. The survey among dermatologists island wide shows few cases with different cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19. It is important to be vigilant as the COVID-19 virus as well as the knowledge about it, is still evolving.