Isolated giant molluscum contagiosum mimicking epidermoid cyst

Tugba K. Uzuncakmak; Burce C. Kuru; Ebru I. Zemheri; Ilkin Zindancı; Zafer Turkoglu; Mukaddes Kavala

doi:10.5826/dpc.0603a15

Isolated giant molluscum contagiosum mimicking epidermoid cyst

Authors

Tugba K. Uzuncakmak Department of Dermatology, Istanbul Medeniyet University School of Medicine, Goztepe Research and Training Hospital, Instanbul, Turkey
Burce C. Kuru Department of Dermatology, Istanbul Medeniyet University School of Medicine, Goztepe Research and Training Hospital, Instanbul, Turkey
Ebru I. Zemheri Department of Pathology, Istanbul Medeniyet University School of Medicine, Goztepe Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Ilkin Zindancı Department of Dermatology, Istanbul Medeniyet University School of Medicine, Goztepe Research and Training Hospital, Instanbul, Turkey
Zafer Turkoglu Department of Dermatology, Istanbul Medeniyet University School of Medicine, Goztepe Research and Training Hospital, Instanbul, Turkey
Mukaddes Kavala Department of Dermatology, Istanbul Medeniyet University School of Medicine, Goztepe Research and Training Hospital, Instanbul, Turkey

Keywords:

dermoscopy, epidermoid cyst, molluscum contagiosum

Abstract

Molluscum contagiosum is a benign cutaneous viral infection which is caused by double- stranded DNA poxvirus. It affects mainly children and young adults and usually presents with single or multiple umblicated papules or nodules on face, arms, legs and anogenital regions. It may present in atypical size and clinical appearance in patients with altered or impaired immunity and rarely in immuncompetent patients. Herein we present an immuncompetent young adult patient with isolated giant molluscum contagiosum, which was mimicking epidermoid cyst clinically..