Disseminated and Disfiguring Molluscum Contagiosum in a Child

We report widely disseminated and disfiguring lesions of molluscum contagiosum occurring in a 4-year-old girl secondary to a primary immunodeficiency disorder. The child, born of consanguineous parents, had multiple, asymptomatic, raised, skin-colored and whitish lesions since 2 years of age. On physical examination she had growth retardation features with grade II protein energy malnutrition. Cutaneous examination revealed numerous, widespread,...