Intraoral molluscum contagiosum

Molluscum contagiosum is a viral infectious disease that mainly affects children and young adults. The lesions occur predominantly in the skin and genitalia; involvement of the oral soft tissues is uncommon. Oral lesions occur most frequently on the lips, tongue, and buccal mucosa. A 20-year-old woman presented with pink, smooth, sessile, and painless papules on the upper lip with an evolution time of 2 weeks. The conduct was excisional biopsy of the lesion and histopathologic examination. The histologic slices revealed a well-defined epithelial proliferation, with areas of central depression, filled with keratinocytes altered by the virus.
Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics - Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Source Type: research