Molluscum contagiosum venereum in a women's outpatient clinic: a venereally transmitted disease

Abstract

Molluscum contagiosum in a venereal distribution (MCV) was identified as an incidental finding in 14 patients in a women's outpatient clinic at a general hospital. The lesions were frequently overlooked both by patients and physicians. The lesions of MCV are frequently asymptomatic. The sexual history of the patients and the genital distribution of the lesions provide circumstantial evidence that MCV is a veneral disease. Management of cases of MCV should include a culture for the gonococcus and a serologic test for syphilis.