Eye
Eyelid
Inflammatry disorders
Molluscum contagiosum
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Last author update: 1 February 2014
Last staff update: 24 December 2020
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PubMed Search: Molluscum contagiosum eyelid
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Definition / general | Treatment | Gross description | Microscopic (histologic) descriptionCite this page: Pernick N. Molluscum contagiosum. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/eyemolluscum.html. Accessed September 26th, 2023.
Definition / general
- Poxvirus that produces small nodules on eyelid
- See Skin nontumor chapter
Treatment
- Excision if on eyelid margin to prevent infection of ocular surface
Gross description
- Multiple raised skin nodules with umbilicated centers
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Lobules of acanthotic epithelium that surround intracytoplasmic eosinophilic inclusion bodies (molluscum bodies) which become larger as they reach superficial epithelium
