Presented by Drs. Harold Blumenthal and Jerome Litt
Beachwood, Ohio
The patient is a 22 y.o. woman with a three month history of grouped papules at the left nostril and left upper lip. They have been getting worse. It was biopsied and treated with liquid nitrogen. She has not been seen since.
Diagnosis: Agminated
molluscum contagiosum.
Reference:
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