Figure 7. Histologic Appearance of Molluscum Contagiosum

This hematoxylin and eosin stained skin biopsy taken from a patient with AIDS and molluscum (see figure 6) shows lobules of keratinocytes that contain numerous large eosinophilic intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies (Henderson-Patterson, or molluscum bodies) [arrows]. Magnification x20. This figure is from Cotell SL, Roholt NS. Images in clinical medicine. Molluscum contagiosum in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. N Engl J Med. 1998;338:888. Reproduced with permission from the Massachusetts Medical Society. Copyright © 1998 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.

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