An interesting case of giant molluscum with florid verruca vulgaris in an immunocompetent patient

oleh: Iffat Hassan, Parvaiz Anwar Rather, Safiya Bashir, Atiya Yaseen

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Our Dermatology Online 2014-07-01

Deskripsi

Molluscum contagiosum and warts are two fairly common skin infections caused by DNA viruses i.e. poxvirus and human papilloma virus (HPV) respectively. Both the conditions are benign and mostly self-limited. However in immunocompromised individuals, these infections can have varied atypical presentations like larger, more extensive, recalcitrant and refractory lesions. These atypical presentations in a non-immunocompromised individual are, however, quite rare. We present one such case with atypical presentation of molluscum contagiosum and warts (verruca vulgaris).