Mucocutaneous manifestation of COVID-19 infection in pediatrics age groups

Background and objectives: It is known that the COVID-19 virus can induce a wide range of mucocutaneous symptoms. This study's main goal is to describe the variety of cutaneous symptoms caused by COVID-19 in the pediatric age category. Methods: This is a retrospective case series study of pediatric patients with COVID-19 infection who were admitted to Jamal Ahmad Rashid Pediatrics Teaching Hospital in Sulaimaniyah city from September 2021 to March 2022. Moderate to severe Covid-19 infection was a factor in the patients' admissions. The patient’s complete medical history was reviewed, which should include their age, gender, and any mucocutaneous manifestations, as well as their past medical history, family history. Results: Three hundred twenty three cases of COVID-19 infection were enrolled in this study, 36 of them had skin manifestations. There were 56% female and 44% males. Their ages ranged from zero to 13 years. Skin manifestations were 13 patients (36%) had erythematomaculopapular rash, 8 patients (22%) had vesicular lesions, 7 patients (19%) had chilblain, 6 patients (17%) had urticaria and 2 patients (6%) had erythema multiforme. Overall 41 patients had Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), 11 patients had cutaneous manifestations (6 patients had erythematomaculopapular rash, 5 patients had vesicular rash), and 6 patients had mucosal lesions (4 patients had conjunctivitis, 2 patients had oral lesions). Conclusions: We found that despite pulmonary and other systemic manifestation also corona virus infection can cause many mucocutaneoues manifestation in pediatrics age groups.However, further studies with larger samples size and longer duration is recommended.