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ArticleIndian journal of sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS

Atypical presentation of molluscum contagiosum infection in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient.

Agnes Ramadimetja Sema-Ramashala, Ooko Francis

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Article in Indian journal of sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors.

Agnes Ramadimetja Sema-RamashalaDepartment of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, University of Limpopo, Department of Dermatology, Pietersburg Provincial Hospital, Polokwane, South Africa.
Ooko FrancisDepartment of Radiation and Imaging, Division of Radiation Oncology, University of Limpopo, Department of Radiation Oncology, Pietersburg Provincial Hospital, Polokwane, South Africa.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molluscum contagiosum (MC) is a skin infection caused by a virus of the poxvirus family. The infection is usually innocuous and inconsequential, occasionally resolving spontaneously. It is rarely associated with such severe physical and psychological morbidity. The clinical lesions are usually painless papules or nodules with central umbilication. Painful anogenital tumors exhibiting a cerebriform surface have rarely been reported. MC infection in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients may present with generalized papules and papulonodules, and sometimes, progression to tumorous lesions. Early detection and effective treatment of the infection in HIV patients will go a long way in preventing progression to tumors, which are known to be resistant to treatment. The tumors responded well to X-ray external beam radiotherapy.

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Anogenital tumorselectron beam radiation therapyhuman immunodeficiency virusmolluscum contagiosumsexually transmitted infection

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PMID38989066
PMCPMC11233040

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