A typical clinical presentation of molluscum | ||
| Al-Kindy College Medical Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 8, Issue 2, December 2012, Pages 18-27 | ||
| Authors | ||
| ; Dr. Maytham M. Al-Hilo MBChB; Dr.Mohammed Y. Abbas; FICMS DV | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background Molluscum contagiosum is skin disease caused by the molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV) usually causing one or more small dome shaped umbilicated papules with symptoms that maybe self-resolve. MCV was once a disease primarily of children, but it has evolved to become a sexually transmitted disease in adults. It is believed to be a member of the pox virus family. In addition to the classic presentation of the disease; it can also come in different clinical forms that simulate large number of dermatolological disease. Objective: To study different clinical forms of Molluscum contagiosum presentation in different age groups of Iraqi patients. Method:This clinical descriptive study was performed in the outpatient department of Dermatology and Venereology : Al–Kindy Teaching Hospital in Baghdad from August 2010 - October 2011A total of three hundred and thirty Patients (180 female sand150 males) recruited in this study diagnosed as Molluscum contagiosum on different sites ; both classical and non classical presentation were studied. Results: Twenty eight patients (8.48%) out of the 330 patients (14 male and 12 female) showed atypical clinical presentation, while 302 (91.52%) patients showed typical presentation. Conclusion:Molluscum contagiosum can presented with either classic or non classic presentation mulating many dermatological disease. Keywords:Molluscum contagiosum.Atypical presentation | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Molluscum contagiosum; Atypical presentation | ||
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