Molluscum contagiosum

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196 Molluscum contagiosum

Instruction

Look at these skin lesions.

Salient features

History

• Ask the patient whether there are similar lesions elsewhere (particularly genitals).

Examination

• Multiple rounded, dome-shaped, waxy papules that are 2–5 mm in diameter and contain central umbilication with a caseous plug (Fig. 196.1)

• The common sites are face, hands, lower abdomen and genitals.

Fig. 196.1 Molluscum contagiosum. Multiple raised nodules, with areas of confluent lesions.

(With permission from Rakel 2007.)

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