Molluscum contagiosum – low magnification

LEGEND

  • Epidermal hyperplasia forming an invagination

  • Depending on the histological section, it may appear circular.

  • Minimal inflammation

Molluscum contagiosum

LEGEND

  • Epidermal hyperplasia

  • Crater
  • Molluscum bodies
  • Eosinophilic to basophilic inclusions that displace the nucleus and keratohyalin granules to the side

Molluscum bodies

LEGEND

  • Large eosinophilic intracytoplasmic inclusions

  • Nuclei displaced to the periphery

  • Eccentric keratohyalin granules

Molluscum contagiosum

LEGEND

  • Transition to infected cells becoming ghost-like

Molluscum bodies

LEGEND

  • Marginalization of nuclei

Molluscum – overview