Giant Molluscum Contagiosum in an HIV positive patient. (September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pérez-Díaz, Carlos E.; Botero-García, Carlos A.; Rodríguez, Maria C.; Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A.; Calixto, Omar-Javier; Benítez, Fabián; Mantilla-Florez, Yesid F.; Bravo-Ojeda, Juan S.; Espinal, Alejandro; Morales-Pertuz, Carlos
• Is Part Of: International journal of infectious diseases. Volume 38(2015:Sep.)
• Page Start: 153
• Page End: 155
• Publication Date: 2015-09
• Subjects: HIV -- Molluscum Contagiosum -- Immunosuppression -- Dermatology; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Communicable Diseases -- Periodicals; Communicable diseases; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.07.021
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1201-9712

Abstract

Highlights: Giant Molluscum Contagiosum can be seen in almost any immunodeficiency condition. In immunocompromised patients, Molluscum Contagiosum lesions will not auto resolve. Molluscum Contagiosum should be considered in any AIDS patient with cutaneous lesions. Summary: Molluscum Contagiosum (MC) is a skin infection caused by a double-stranded DNA virus of the family Poxviridae that replicates in the human epidermis, affecting mainly children and young sexually active adults and causing flesh colored papular lesions with central umbilication with an average size of 3-5 mm, although atypical lesions that reach great size (Giant Molluscum Contagiosum), 10-15 mm, can be seen in almost any immunodeficiency condition. We report the case of a 35 year old male patient with C3 HIV disease with an abdominal pathology associated to skin lesions predominantly in the forehead and scalp that reached sizes over 5 mm, diagnosed as Giant Molluscum Contagiosum by skin biopsies.