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- Title
Molluscum contagiosum infestation in an epidermal cyst: still infectious?
- Authors
Chiu, H.-H.; Wu, C.-S.; Chen, G.-S.; Hu, S. C.-S.; Hung, C.-H.; Lan, C.-C.E.
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 30-year-old woman with an epidermal cyst on her right buttock. The neighboring papule was examined and showed an abundant molluscum bodies in the infected cells. It discusses the occurrence of molluscum contagiosum in an epidermal cyst and proposes that the viral infection is infectious.
- Subjects
CASE studies; MUCOUS membrane diseases; EPIDERMAL diseases; SKIN diseases; VIRUS diseases
- Publication
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology & Venereology, 2010, Vol 24, Issue 1, p81
- ISSN
0926-9959
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-3083.2009.03280.x