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17 September 2020: Articles

Molluscum Contagiosum on the Sole of the Foot in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report

Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare disease

Lee Firestone A , Gene Mirkin A , Xingpei Hao A*

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.923777

Am J Case Rep 2020; 21:e923777

Figure 1. Histopathology of molluscum contagiosum on the sole. (A) Several clusters of hyperplastic keratinocytes containing eosinophilic, rosette-like, intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies (Henderson-Petterson bodies) in the upper dermis (HE 40×1); (B) The same lesion as A in a higher magnification (HE 100×); (C). The peripherally displaced cellular nuclei and the eosinophilic, rosettes-like, intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies (HE 400×1); (D). The peripherally displaced cellular nuclei and the homogeneous eosinophilic, intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies (HE 400×1).

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American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923