Atypical infantile genital Molluscum contagiosum

An Bras Dermatol. 2015 May-Jun;90(3):403-5. doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153298. Epub 2015 Jun 1.

Abstract

Genital molluscum contagiosum is rare in children. We report a molluscum contagiosum around the vulva and anus of 9-year-old girl, which has atypical presentations and was finally confirmed by histopathological and electron microscopy findings.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anal Canal / pathology
  • Biopsy
  • Child
  • Dermoscopy
  • Female
  • Genital Diseases, Female / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
  • Molluscum Contagiosum / pathology*
  • Vulva / pathology