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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sabawoon Mirwais, M.B.B.S, M.D.[2]; Syed Hassan A. Kazmi BSc, MD [3]

Overview

The pathognomonic physical examination findings in patients infected with coronavirus include fever, flu-like-symptoms, cough, and body aches. General appearance of the patient infected with coronavirus depends on the incubation period of the illness.

Physical Examination

The pathognomonic physical examination findings in patients infected with coronavirus include fever, flu-like-symptoms, cough, and body aches.

Appearance of the Patient

Vital Signs

Skin

  • Skin examination of patients with COVID-19 includes the following lesions:
    • Erythema multiforme-like[2]
    • Erythematous maculo-papular[3]
    • Urticarial[4][5]
    • Chickenpox-like[4][6]
    • Purpuric peri-flexural[7]
    • Transient livedo reticularis[8]
    • Acro-ischemic or chilblain-like[9][10]

HEENT

  • Conjunctivitis has been reported but there is no well established data regarding this manifestation.[11]

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Lungs

Heart

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Neuromuscular

Extremities

References

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  2. Jimenez-Cauhe J, Ortega-Quijano D, Carretero-Barrio I, Suarez-Valle A, Saceda-Corralo D, Moreno-Garcia Del Real C, Fernandez-Nieto D (May 2020). "Erythema multiforme-like eruption in patients with COVID-19 infection: clinical and histological findings". Clin. Exp. Dermatol. doi:10.1111/ced.14281. PMID 32385858 Check |pmid= value (help).
  3. Recalcati, S. (2020). "Cutaneous manifestations in COVID‐19: a first perspective". Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. 34 (5). doi:10.1111/jdv.16387. ISSN 0926-9959.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Recalcati, S. (2020). "Cutaneous manifestations in COVID‐19: a first perspective". Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. 34 (5). doi:10.1111/jdv.16387. ISSN 0926-9959.
  5. Fernandez-Nieto, D; Ortega-Quijano, D; Segurado-Miravalles, G; Pindado-Ortega, C; Prieto-Barrios, M; Jimenez-Cauhe, J (2020). "Comment on: Cutaneous manifestations in COVID-19: a first perspective. Safety concerns of clinical images and skin biopsies". Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. doi:10.1111/jdv.16470. ISSN 0926-9959.
  6. Tammaro, A.; Adebanjo, G.A.R.; Parisella, F.R.; Pezzuto, A.; Rello, J. (2020). "Cutaneous manifestations in COVID‐19: the experiences of Barcelona and Rome". Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. doi:10.1111/jdv.16530. ISSN 0926-9959.
  7. Jimenez-Cauhe, Juan; Ortega-Quijano, Daniel; Prieto-Barrios, Marta; Moreno-Arrones, Oscar M.; Fernandez-Nieto, Diego (2020). "Reply to "COVID-19 can present with a rash and be mistaken for dengue": Petechial rash in a patient with COVID-19 infection". Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2020.04.016. ISSN 0190-9622.
  8. Manalo, Iviensan F.; Smith, Molly K.; Cheeley, Justin; Jacobs, Randy (2020). "A dermatologic manifestation of COVID-19: Transient livedo reticularis". Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2020.04.018. ISSN 0190-9622.
  9. Fernandez-Nieto, D.; Jimenez-Cauhe, J.; Suarez-Valle, A.; Moreno-Arrones, O.M.; Saceda-Corralo, D.; Arana-Raja, A.; Ortega-Quijano, D. (2020). "Characterization of acute acro-ischemic lesions in non-hospitalized patients: a case series of 132 patients during the COVID-19 outbreak". Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2020.04.093. ISSN 0190-9622.
  10. Piccolo, V.; Neri, I.; Filippeschi, C.; Oranges, T.; Argenziano, G.; Battarra, V.C.; Berti, S.; Manunza, F.; Fortina, A.B.; Di Lernia, V.; Boccaletti, V.; De Bernardis, G.; Brunetti, B.; Mazzatenta, C.; Bassi, A. (2020). "Chilblain‐like lesions during COVID‐19 epidemic: a preliminary study on 63 patients". Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. doi:10.1111/jdv.16526. ISSN 0926-9959.
  11. Seah I, Agrawal R (April 2020). "Can the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Affect the Eyes? A Review of Coronaviruses and Ocular Implications in Humans and Animals". Ocul. Immunol. Inflamm. 28 (3): 391–395. doi:10.1080/09273948.2020.1738501. PMC 7103678 Check |pmc= value (help). PMID 32175797 Check |pmid= value (help).
  12. de Jongh TO, Thiadens HA (2011). "[Physical examination of the lungs in suspected pneumonia]". Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd (in Dutch; Flemish). 155: A2656. PMID 21329538.