title: Giant Molluscum Contagiosum in an HIV positive patient.
abstract: Molluscum Contagiosum (MC) is a skin infection caused by a double-stranded DNA virus of the family Poxviridae that replicates in the human epidermis, affecting mainly children and young sexually active adults and causing flesh colored papular lesions with central umbilication with an average size of 3-5mm, although atypical lesions that reach great size (Giant Molluscum Contagiosum), 10-15mm, can be seen in almost any immunodeficiency condition. We report the case of a 35 year old male patient with C3 HIV disease with an abdominal pathology associated to skin lesions predominantly in the forehead and scalp that reached sizes over 5mm, diagnosed as Giant Molluscum Contagiosum by skin biopsies.
authors.affiliation: Servicios y Asesorías en Infectología (SAI), Bogotá, Colombia; Tropical and Infectious Diseases Group (GETI), Hospital Militar Central, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Colombia; Medicine school, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Carlos E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Pérez-Díaz
authors.affiliation: Medicine school, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Botero-García
authors.affiliation: Tropical and Infectious Diseases Group (GETI), Hospital Militar Central, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Colombia; Dermatology Department, Hospital Militar Central, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Maria C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: Servicios y Asesorías en Infectología (SAI), Bogotá, Colombia; Tropical and Infectious Diseases Group (GETI), Hospital Militar Central, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Colombia. Electronic address: afaccini@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Álvaro A
authors.initials: ÁA
authors.lastname: Faccini-Martínez
authors.affiliation: Servicios y Asesorías en Infectología (SAI), Bogotá, Colombia; Tropical and Infectious Diseases Group (GETI), Hospital Militar Central, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Omar-Javier
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Calixto
authors.affiliation: Servicios y Asesorías en Infectología (SAI), Bogotá, Colombia; Tropical and Infectious Diseases Group (GETI), Hospital Militar Central, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Fabián
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Benítez
authors.affiliation: Servicios y Asesorías en Infectología (SAI), Bogotá, Colombia; Tropical and Infectious Diseases Group (GETI), Hospital Militar Central, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Yesid F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Mantilla-Florez
authors.affiliation: Tropical and Infectious Diseases Group (GETI), Hospital Militar Central, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Colombia; Internal Medicine department, Hospital Militar Central, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Juan S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Bravo-Ojeda
authors.affiliation: Tropical and Infectious Diseases Group (GETI), Hospital Militar Central, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Colombia; Internal Medicine department, Hospital Militar Central, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Espinal
authors.affiliation: Tropical and Infectious Diseases Group (GETI), Hospital Militar Central, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Colombia; Internal Medicine department, Hospital Militar Central, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morales-Pertuz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D060085:Coinfection; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008976:Molluscum Contagiosum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology
keywords: Dermatology; HIV; Immunosuppression; Molluscum Contagiosum