Molusco contagiosoa propósito de un caso en paciente infantil

  1. Alicia Caamaño Dosil 1
  2. Benigno Monteagudo Sánchez 2
  3. Javier Pérez Valcárcel 2
  4. Abián Mosquera Fernández 1
  1. 1 Universidade da Coruña
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    Universidade da Coruña

    La Coruña, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01qckj285

  2. 2 Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Ferrol
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    Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Ferrol

    Ferrol, España

Journal:
Enfermería Dermatológica

ISSN: 1888-3109 2386-4818

Year of publication: 2015

Year: 9

Issue: 26

Pages: 37-39

Type: Article

More publications in: Enfermería Dermatológica

Abstract

In this article a clinical case of a 6-year-old girl showing molluscum contagiosum in the lower extremities is displayed highlighting clinical and dermatoscopic findings of this disorder and its treatment. It is a particularly common condition in children in which dermoscopy as a non-invasive technique facilitates its diagnosis as in other infectious diseases. Clinical symptoms and imaging tests are basic for diagnosis. The treatment of choice consists of its complete surgical removal.