Subcorneal Pustular Dermatosis Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection

R I Med J (2013). 2023 Nov 1;106(10):51-53.

Abstract

Subcorneal pustular dermatosis (SPD), also called Sneddon-Wilkinson disease, is a rare, relapsing pustular dermatosis.1 SPD has been associated with multiple myeloma, IgA Gammopathy, pyoderma gangrenosum and certain autoimmune diseases.2 However, SPD occurrence following SARS-COV-2 has not yet been reported. Herein, we report a case of SPD occurring after SARS-CoV-2 infection in a 52-year-old male. We hypothesize that the occurrence of SPD shortly following SARS-CoV-2 infection suggests the viral illness may have precipitated onset of SPD, and the patient may remain at risk for future flares of disease despite appropriate treatment and current remission status.

Keywords: SPD; Sneddon–Wilkinson disease; Subcorneal pustular dermatosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19* / complications
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multiple Myeloma* / complications
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / complications
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous* / complications