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G. A. DeOREO, M.D.; H. H. JOHNSON, Jr., M.D.; G. W. BINKLEY, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1956;74(4):344-348.

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Descriptions of complications of molluscum contagiosum have usually been concerned with infection beneath the lesions or an acute sterile inflammatory reaction. A review of the literature failed to reveal a description of an eczematous dermatitis occurring in an area surrounding one or more typical molluscum contagiosum lesions.

In 95 consecutive cases of molluscum contagiosum seen by us, there were 10 cases showing circumscribed areas of eczematization about the molluscum contagiosum papules. This eczematous area was usually from 3 to 10 cm. in diameter and the border was sharply marginated (Figs. 1 and 2). The skin in the involved area was edematous, brownish red, and covered with small superficial scales. No gross vesiculation was evident. The eczematous process subsided with, or shortly after, the disappearance of the molluscum contagiosum. In every instance the molluscum was present for some time before the surrounding eczematous re . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Cleveland

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Nov. 11, 1955.

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