Treatment of Extensive Eyelid Molluscum Contagiosum with Physical Expression Alone in an Immunocompetent Child

• Published in: Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi
• Main Authors: Gamze Öztürk Karabulut, Can Öztürker, Pelin Kaynak, Serpil Akar, Ahmet Demirok
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Turkish Ophthalmology Society 2014-03-01
• Subjects: Molluscum contagiosum; eyelid molluscum contagiosum; childhood molluscum contagiosum
• Online Access: http://www.oftalmoloji.org/article_2369/Treatment-Of-Extensive-Eyelid-Molluscum-Contagiosum-With-Physical-Expression-Alone-In-An-Immunocompetent-Child
• ISSN: 1300-0659; 2147-2661

Molluscum contagiosum is a common viral skin infection in children with dome-shaped umbilicated nodules. Diagnosis is based on clinical appearance. An eight-year-old child presented to our clinic with multiple molluscum contagiosum nodules on the right lower and upper eyelid and one small papule on the left upper eyelid. Only a couple of lesions were squeezed with expression of cheesy material from the center of the lesions. In the follow-up period, beside resolution of the squeezed lesions, all other lesions disappeared spontaneously and no new lesion was observed in the following one year. This method is costless, neither needs a chemical agent nor results in scarring, so can be the first choice of treatment. (Turk J Ophthalmol 2014; 44:158-60)