title: Giant molluscum contagiosum: an unusual presenting complaint of paediatric HIV disease.
abstract: We report a widely disseminated, disfiguring facial molluscum contagiosum (MC) as a presenting complaint in an 11-year-old girl secondary to human immune-deficiency virus infection. A biopsy specimen demonstrated lobulated epidermal growth consisting of keratinocytes with large intracytoplasmic eosinophilic inclusion bodies. The patient was treated with highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART). The extent of MC in our patient was remarkable and subsequently improved dramatically after starting HAART. Normally MC does not similarly respond in patients with AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Resident, Department of Paediatrics, Medical College, Kolkata, India sayanchat_82@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Sayan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.affiliation: Resident, Department of Paediatrics, Medical College, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Mukut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics Medical College, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Subhashish
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
mesh_terms: D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005145:Face / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008976:Molluscum Contagiosum / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
keywords: HAART; HIV; Molluscum contagiosum