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Isolated giant molluscum contagiosum mimicking epidermoid cyst
Molluscum contagiosum is a benign cutaneous viral infection which is caused by double- stranded DNA poxvirus. It affects mainly children and young adults and usually presents with single or multiple umblicated papules or nodules on face, arms, legs and anogenital regions. It may present in atypical size and clinical appearance in patients with altered or impaired immunity and rarely in immuncom...
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a common bath. Not much work has been done from the point of view of the treatment of the disease and the production of immunity so as to prevent epidemics which may be a serious menace in boarding schools. The disease is said to be self-limiting. Though this may be so it still runs a long course ?at least six months?and within that time there is the danger of infecting several people or of sta...
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Sir, Molluscum contagiosum (MC) is a skin infection caused by a double-stranded DNA virus of the family Poxviridae manifesting clinically as asymptomatic single or multiple skin-coloured papules with umbilicated centres. It is a universally distributed and very common disease affecting mainly young children, sexually active adults and immunocompromised patients (1). In conditions with altered i...
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A 7-year-old girl presented with solitary, asymptomatic, nodule near right angle of mouth for 8 months. The lesion started as a small papule and increased in size over time. The child was otherwise healthy. On examination, single erythematous nodule measuring 1 cm, and of soft to firm consistency, was seen near the right angle of mouth. The top of the lesion was eroded and covered with crust. R...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 1995
ISSN: 1368-4973
DOI: 10.1136/sti.71.6.417