Intraoral molluscum contagiosum in a young immunocompetent patient.
Molluscum contagiosum (MC) is a contagious disease caused by a virus of the poxvirus family. In children, the disease commonly manifests as a variable number of discrete umbilicated papules on the face and trunk. In healthy and immunosuppressed adults, the disease appears on or near the genital organs and is often sexually transmitted. MC involving the intraoral mucosa has been documented but is rare. We report a case of MC involving the oral mucosa exclusively and discuss the main clinical, histopathologic, and therapeutic characteristics, comparing the findings with cases of this rare oral presentation described in the literature.
Professor, Oral Microbiology Department, Federal University of Campina Grande, Patos, Paraíba, Brazil. cyntia_helena@yahoo.com.br
Cyntia Helena Pereira
CH
de Carvalho
Ana Luiza Dias Leite
AL
de Andrade
Denise Hélen Imaculada Pereira
DH
de Oliveira
Emeline das Neves de Araújo
Ed
Lima
Ericka Janine Dantas
EJ
da Silveira
Ana Myriam Costa
AM
de Medeiros
D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008976:Molluscum Contagiosum / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000821:virology*