Open AccessMolluscum contagiosum
Author(s) -
IqbalM Banyameen,
JainK Atul,
KambaleJ Tushar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
medical journal of dr. d y patil university/medical journal of dr. d.y. patil university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7119
pISSN - 0975-2870
DOI - 10.4103/0975-2870.148846
Subject(s) - molluscum contagiosum , dermatology , pinna , histopathological examination , medicine , lesion , pathology , surgery
Molluscum contagiosum (MC) is a common childhood viral infection caused by a large, double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid poxvirus. A 22-year-old male patient presents with an infected lesion on his right pinna since the last 1 month, which oozed out a cheesy material on pressing and clinically a sebaceous cyst was suspected, However, on careful histopathological examination a diagnosis of MC was made