Confluent Atypical Molluscum Contagiosum Causing Disfigurement in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Patient.

Dear Editor, Molluscum contagiosum (MC) is a viral disease caused by molluscipoxvirus. The first peak incidence occurs in preschool children. A second peak incidence occurs in young adults in which the condition is generally considered to be a sexually transmitted disease. Though the disease is self-limiting and the lesions are usually small, discrete, pearly and dome-shaped with central umbilication, atypical and rare varieties could be found in some patients, in which the lesions may be large, confluent or non-umbilicated.