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Atlas of dermatopathology
Josef Feit, Hana Jedličková, Günter Burg, Luděk Matyska, Spasoje Radovanovic et al.
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+ Introduction
+ Literature
+ Support
+ Skin biopsy
+ Non-tumorous skin diseases
+ Skin tumors
+ Cysts of the skin and subcutis
+ Soft tissue lesions
+ Some lesions of the oral cavity
+ Dermatovenerology
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Günter Burg
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Werner Kempf
+ Collection of histological slides of dr. Ram Chandra Adhikari
Molluscum contagiosum
Etiology
  • caused by poxvirus
Clinical signs
  • age: any age, often childred; widespread in immunocompromised patients (esp. AIDS)
  • small papules, often with necrotic center
  • spontaneous resolution

Molluscum contagiosum (5764)

Molluscum contagiosum, AIDS (5762)

Histology

Small, acanthotic lesion (often fan shaped acanthosis); superficial areas often desintegrate; the keratinocytes contain large, prominent, basophilic intracytoplasmic inclusions.

Molluscum contagiosum (13414)