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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| author | Tugba K. Uzuncakmak Burce C. Kuru Ebru I. Zemheri Ilkin Zindancı Zafer Turkoglu Mukaddes Kavala |
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| description | 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.. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-10111688aada4c848dc32a03ca3557b52022-12-21T21:01:55ZengMattioli1885Dermatology Practical & Conceptual2160-93812016-07-0110.5826/dpc.0603a15Isolated giant molluscum contagiosum mimicking epidermoid cystTugba K. Uzuncakmak0Burce C. Kuru1Ebru I. Zemheri2Ilkin Zindancı3Zafer Turkoglu4Mukaddes Kavala5Department of Dermatology, Istanbul Medeniyet University School of Medicine, Goztepe Research and Training Hospital, Instanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Dermatology, Istanbul Medeniyet University School of Medicine, Goztepe Research and Training Hospital, Instanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Pathology, Istanbul Medeniyet University School of Medicine, Goztepe Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Dermatology, Istanbul Medeniyet University School of Medicine, Goztepe Research and Training Hospital, Instanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Dermatology, Istanbul Medeniyet University School of Medicine, Goztepe Research and Training Hospital, Instanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Dermatology, Istanbul Medeniyet University School of Medicine, Goztepe Research and Training Hospital, Instanbul, TurkeyMolluscum 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..http://dpcj.org/index.php/dpc/article/view/165dermoscopyepidermoid cystmolluscum contagiosum |
| spellingShingle | Tugba K. Uzuncakmak Burce C. Kuru Ebru I. Zemheri Ilkin Zindancı Zafer Turkoglu Mukaddes Kavala Isolated giant molluscum contagiosum mimicking epidermoid cyst Dermatology Practical & Conceptual dermoscopy epidermoid cyst molluscum contagiosum |
| title | Isolated giant molluscum contagiosum mimicking epidermoid cyst |
| title_full | Isolated giant molluscum contagiosum mimicking epidermoid cyst |
| title_fullStr | Isolated giant molluscum contagiosum mimicking epidermoid cyst |
| title_full_unstemmed | Isolated giant molluscum contagiosum mimicking epidermoid cyst |
| title_short | Isolated giant molluscum contagiosum mimicking epidermoid cyst |
| title_sort | isolated giant molluscum contagiosum mimicking epidermoid cyst |
| topic | dermoscopy epidermoid cyst molluscum contagiosum |
| url | http://dpcj.org/index.php/dpc/article/view/165 |
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