A rare case of ocular molluscum contagiosum in paediatric age group

Challapalli Himabindu¹*,  Jayashree S Shah²

¹Post Graduate, ²Professor and Head, Department of Ophthalmology,
Sri Siddhartha Medical College, SSAHE, Tumkur,
Karnataka, India

* Corresponding author

Abstract
Molluscum contagiosum is a viral skin infection caused by poxvirus which commonly affects eyelid margins seen as pink pearly umbilicated tumor. Molluscum contagiosum usually present as single lesion in school going children who are healthy, while multiple lesions are seen in immunosupressed patients. A 2 year old healthy male child, presented to OPD with multiple painless swellings on both upper and lower eye lid margins since 7 months. Histopathological report confirmed the diagnosis of excised tissue as molluscum contagiosum with Henderson Peterson bodies. The case was investigated and treated with acyclovir 3% ointment on which lesions are were resolved after 6 months.
Keywords: Molluscum contagiosum, Histopathology, confocal microscopy, eyelid tumors