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Chapter 15: Molluscum

INTRODUCTION

KEY POINTS

  • Molluscum presents with small- to medium-size umbilicated papules across skin types.

  • Papules can vary in color from pink and pearly in lighter skin to skin colored, hypopigmented, or pink-brown in dark skin.

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FIGURE 15-1.

Pink to skin-colored discrete umbilicated papules on the lower eyelid. (From Usatine RP, Smith MA, Mayeaux EJ Jr, et al. The Color Atlas and Synopsis of Family Medicine, 3rd ed. New York, NY: McGraw Hill; 2019, Figure 136-4. Reproduced with permission from Richard P. Usatine, MD.)

A photo shows two molluscum contagiosum lesions, each with a central depression.
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FIGURE 15-2.

Skin-colored umbilicated papules scattered on the upper eyelid. (Reproduced with permission from Prose NS, Kristal L. Weinberg’s Color Atlas of Pediatric Dermatology, 5th ed. New York, NY: McGraw Hill; 2017, Figure 5-2.)

A patient with brown skin with several skin colored papules scattered on the upper eyelid.
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FIGURE 15-3.

Clustered pink to skin-colored umbilicated papules on the upper cutaneous lip. (Reproduced with permission from Prose NS, Kristal L. Weinberg’s Color Atlas of Pediatric Dermatology, 5th ed. New York, NY: McGraw Hill; 2017, Figure 5-3.)

A patient with light skin with small pink and skin colored papules clustered on the cutaneous upper lip.
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FIGURE 15-4.

Umbilicated skin-colored discrete papules with white centers located on the chin of a young girl. (From Usatine RP, Smith MA, Mayeaux EJ Jr, et al. The Color Atlas and Synopsis of Family Medicine, 3rd ed. New York, NY: McGraw Hill; 2019, Figure 136-1. Reproduced with permission from Richard P. Usatine, MD.)

A photo shows many small bumps in the chin of a child. These lesions are raised, pale pink, and have a dimpled center.
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