MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM OF THE SOLE.

Abstract

Molluscum contagiosum generally presents no problem in diagnosis unless complicated by secondary pyoderma. A familiar lesion in an unfamiliar location, however, may be the cause of considerable confusion in diagnosis. The occurrence of molluscum contagiosum presenting as a solitary tumor of the skin of the sole is reported below. Report of Case A 21-year-old white hospital corpsman was first seen in the dermatology clinic of the US Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, on June 7, 1962, because of a growth on the left sole of 2 months' duration. He had experienced no pain or discharge from the lesion which was entirely asymptomatic except for its gradual increase in size. On examination he was seen to have palmar and plantar hyperhidrosis of a moderate degree. On the left instep, 5 cm proximal to the first metatarsal-phalangeal joint, there was an elevated, faintly erythematous, translucent, dome-shaped nodule which measured 6 mm in diameter (Fig