title: Molluscum Contagiosum Involving an Epidermoid Cyst - A Rare Association and Potential Source of Clinical Misdiagnosis.
abstract: Molluscum contagiosum (MC) is a viral infection of skin and mucous membrane commonly affecting the adolescents and young adults. Extensive lesions are usually common in immunocompromised patients. We herein report a rare case of molluscum contagiosum in an epidermoid cyst (EC) in a 24-year-old immunocompetent male. The provisional clinical diagnosis was inflammed epidermoid cyst or lipoma. On histopathological examination, the lesion displayed a unilocular epidermoid cyst in deep dermis, the lining of which was infected by molluscum contagiosum virus with characteristic inclusions. The overlying epidermis was absolutely normal having no attachment with the cyst.
authors.affiliation: Neon Lab, Kolkata.
authors.forename: Prithwijit
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, IPGME & R, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Kaushik
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saha
mesh_terms: D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D008976:Molluscum Contagiosum / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: epidermoid cyst; molluscum body; molluscum contagiosum.