title: [Molluscum contagiosum: treatment with pulsed dye laser].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  There is a wide variety of methods for the treatment of mollusca contagiosa. Especially with anxious children, most of them are not applicable because they are often invasive, painful, time intensive or difficult to conduct (e.g. if a stay in hospital is necessary). In order to verify the existing case reports, this paper evaluates the application of the pulsed dye laser as a possible therapy alternative in cases of mollusca contagiosa.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a prospective study 20 patients with mollusca contagiosa were treated with the pulsed dye laser.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The therapy was well tolerated; no scars or pigment anomalies were observed. 95.9% of the lesions healed after the first treatment, the other 4.1% after the second. This larger study verifies the positive findings indicated in case studies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  For exposed sites, difficult cases or if other treatment methods have failed, the pulsed dye laser is an effective, quick, bloodless and elegant therapeutic alternative for mollusca contagiosa with a low rate of side effects.
authors.affiliation: Praxis für Dermatologie, Phlebologie und Allergologie Dr. Christian Raulin und Laserklinik Karlsruhe.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hammes
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Greve
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Raulin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004396:Coloring Agents; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008976:Molluscum Contagiosum / Q000601:surgery*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents
vernacular_title: Mollusca contagiosa. Behandlung durch gepulsten Farbstofflaser.