Molluscum contagiosum
Dermatology Infections: Viral--Treatment




Molluscum contagiosum

John L. Bezzant,M.D.

These are lesions of molluscum contagiosum on the abdomen of a child. This pox virus induces the epidermis to form papules that often look white and sometimes have a central umbilication. The papules are usually only a few mm in diameter.