Molluscum Contagiosum in a Patient with no Risk Factors

Abstract

Purpose

To report a case of molluscum contagiosum in a patient with no risk factors.

Methods

A 38-year-old patient with a tumor located in the lower eyelid that appeared 5 months previously was seen in the authors’ hospital. The lesion had grown slowly and appeared as a crateriform mass with elevated edges. It was surgically excised and the histopathology study confirmed the diagnosis of molluscum contagiosum. Risk factors were absent.

Results

The histopathologic study confirms the presence of eosinophilic inclusion bodies in the keratinocytes cytoplasm.

Conclusions

External evaluation of the lower lid lesion did not show the morphologic configuration of a molluscum contagiosum. A virus can be suspected if attention is paid to the margin of the eyelid and the patient's age.