The pictures are beautiful, but I can't help question the wisdom of perfoming a skin biopsy on the face of a 5 year-old child with a textbook presentation of molluscum contagiousm. As the authors concede, histology is not usually required for diagnosing this condition. Then, why was it done ?
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Re: Umbilicated papules on the face
The pictures are beautiful, but I can't help question the wisdom of perfoming a skin biopsy on the face of a 5 year-old child with a textbook presentation of molluscum contagiousm. As the authors concede, histology is not usually required for diagnosing this condition. Then, why was it done ?
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