Scleredema: An Unusual Cutaneous Manifestation of Coronavirus Infection

Priyanka Hemrajani; Mona Sharma; Piyush Gupta; Tapan Kumar Dhali; Paschal D'souza

doi:10.1097/ASW.0000000000000257

Scleredema: An Unusual Cutaneous Manifestation of Coronavirus Infection

Adv Skin Wound Care. 2025 Jan-Feb;38(1):46-49. doi: 10.1097/ASW.0000000000000257.

Authors

Priyanka Hemrajani¹, Mona Sharma, Piyush Gupta, Tapan Kumar Dhali, Paschal D'souza

Affiliation

¹ In the Department of Dermatology, Employees' State Insurance Corporation-Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, in Basaidarapur, New Delhi, India. Priyanka Hemrajani, MD, is Assistant Professor; Mona Sharma, MD, and Piyush Gupta, MD, are Senior Residents; Tapan Kumar Dhali, MD, is Professor; and Paschal D'souza, MD, is Professor and Head of Department. The authors have disclosed no financial relationships related to this article. Submitted April 8, 2023; accepted in revised form April 2, 2024.

PMID: 39836556
DOI: 10.1097/ASW.0000000000000257

Abstract

The global pandemic caused by COVID-19 led to numerous novel cases of autoimmune and rheumatologic disorders that developed postinfection. Along these lines, these authors report an unusual case of scleredema following SARS-CoV-2 infection in an individual who lacked any known risk factors. Given the emergence of newer mutant strains of COVID-19 and steadily rising numbers of people receiving COVID-19 vaccinations, physicians should remain alert for as yet unrecognized manifestations of the disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / diagnosis
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Scleredema Adultorum / diagnosis