TY - JOUR ID - TI - A typical clinical presentation of molluscum AU - Dr. Maytham M. Al-Hilo MBChB, FICMS DV;* Dr.Mohammed Y. Abbas , MBChB, FICMS DV PY - 2012 VL - 8 IS - 2 SP - 18 EP - 27 JO - Al-Kindy College Medical Journal مجلة كلية الطب الكندي SN - 18109543 25214365 AB - Background Molluscum contagiosum is skin disease caused by the molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV) usually causing one or more small dome shaped umbilicated papules with symptoms that maybe self-resolve. MCV was once a disease primarily of children, but it has evolved to become a sexually transmitted disease in adults. It is believed to be a member of the pox virus family. In addition to the classic presentation of the disease; it can also come in different clinical forms that simulate large number of dermatolological disease.Objective: To study different clinical forms of Molluscum contagiosum presentation in different age groups of Iraqi patients.Method:This clinical descriptive study was performed in the outpatient department of Dermatology and Venereology : Al–Kindy Teaching Hospital in Baghdad from August 2010 - October 2011A total of three hundred and thirty Patients (180 female sand150 males) recruited in this study diagnosed as Molluscum contagiosum on different sites ; both classical and non classical presentation were studied.Results: Twenty eight patients (8.48%) out of the 330 patients (14 male and 12 female) showed atypical clinical presentation, while 302 (91.52%) patients showed typical presentation.Conclusion:Molluscum contagiosum can presented with either classic or non classic presentation mulating many dermatological disease.Keywords:Molluscum contagiosum.Atypical presentation

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