Ann Dermatol.  2019 Aug;31(Suppl):S62-S63. 10.5021/ad.2019.31.S.S62.

Molluscum Contagiosum Occurring in an Epidermal Cyst Developed on Frontal Hairline

• Park SM
• Lew BL
• Sim WY

• KMID: 2456682
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5021/ad.2019.31.S.S62

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Epidermal Cyst*
Molluscum Contagiosum*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 (A) Solitary 1×1 cm sized, skin colored, firm, subcutaneous nodule on the frontal hairline. (B) Multiloculated cysts containing laminated horny material and abundant eosinophilic inclusion bodies, dispersed among the keratinous content (H&E, ×40). (C) Numerous molluscum bodies were seen in the marked hyperplastic and lobulated cyst wall. But the non-infected parts of cyst wall showed squamous epithelium, which was much thinner in comparison (H&E, ×40).

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