title: Molluscum contagiosum in a 12-year-old child - report of a case and review of literature.
abstract: Molluscum contagiosum (MC) is an infection of the skin and mucous membrane caused by a DNA virus from the poxvirus family. It usually affects any part of the body and presents as pearly, flesh colored dome shaped nodule with a central umbilication. Clinical diagnosis can be supplemented with histopathology for the confirmed diagnosis of MC. This article presents a case of 12-year-old male child afflicted with MC along with a review of the literature on MC.
authors.affiliation: Reader, Department of Oral Pathology, SRM Dental College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nandhini
authors.affiliation: Professor & Head, Department of Oral Pathology, SRM Dental College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rajkumar
authors.affiliation: Reader, Department of Oral Pathology, Mamata Dental College, Khammam, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: K Sudheer
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kanth
authors.affiliation: Lecturer, Department of Oral Pathology, SRM Dental College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Priyadharsini
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nataraj
authors.affiliation: Tutor, Department of Oral Pathology, SRM Dental College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Pavithra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ananthakrishnan
authors.affiliation: Post-graduate Student, Department of Oral Pathology, SRM Dental College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arunachalam
keywords: Henderson–Paterson bodies; mollusca; molluscum contagiosum; pearly nodule