Chikungunya fever is a mosquito-borne viral disease classically characterized by an acute onset of fever, arthralgia, and skin rash. In this article, we report the acute febrile illness of an adult female with arthropathy and morbilliform eruptions. The patient developed panniculitis lesions on both shins. This report aims to describe an infrequent cutaneous presentation of chikungunya fever.
Keywords: Chikungunya; Cutaneous; Panniculitis; Skin; Subcutaneous tissue.