MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM OF THE SCALP

1 October 1949

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

Vol. 60 (4) , 633-635
https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1949.01530040161016

Abstract

White¹and Nicoletti²each reported a case of molluscum contagiosum located exclusively on the scalp, and the latter, after a thorough review of the literature, collected 5 similar cases. To this small number the following observations are added. REPORT OF CASES Case1.—History.—D. J., an unmarried white woman aged 55, was first seen by us on Feb. 26, 1947. She complained of a small lesion situated on the vertex of the scalp, to the left of the midline, which had been present for several months and had gradually increased in size. On several occasions, while combing her hair, she had struck the lesion, causing bleeding. This development was followed by moderate tenderness for a few days. Examination.—At the time of the initial visit, a pea-sized, round, waxy nodule with a rolled border and central hemorrhagic crust was observed in the left parietal region. A tentative

Keywords

MOLLUSCUM/CONTAGIOSUM

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