title: Venereal herpes-like molluscum contagiosum: treatment with tretinoin.
abstract: Molluscum contagiosum spread by sexual contact may be mistaken for other venereal diseases. The occurrence of a penile lesion resembling herpes progenitalis, and successful therapy of genital mollusca with topical tretinoin (vitamin A acid) is described.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008976:Molluscum Contagiosum / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D010413:Penis / Q000473:pathology; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*
chemical_list: D014801:Vitamin A; D014212:Tretinoin