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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...

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Autores principales: Uzuncakmak, Tugba K., Kuru, Burce C., Zemheri, Ebru I., Zindanci, Ilkin, Turkoglu, Zafer, Kavala, Mukaddes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Derm101.com 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5006558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27648389
http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.0603a15
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Sumario: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 immuncompetent patients. Herein we present an immuncompetent young adult patient with isolated giant molluscum contagiosum, which was mimicking epidermoid cyst clinically.