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==Molluscum contagiosum==
==Molluscum contagiosum==
===General===
*Etiology: caused by ''molluscum contagiosum virus''.
*Etiology: caused by ''molluscum contagiosum virus''.


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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Molluscum_contagiosum_low_mag.jpg Molluscum contagiosum - low magnification (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Molluscum_contagiosum_low_mag.jpg Molluscum contagiosum - low magnification (WC)].


Note:  
Notes:  
*Molluscum bodies vaguely resemble ''[[signet ring cell]]s'' -- but:
*Molluscum bodies very vaguely resemble ''[[signet ring cell]]s'' -- but:
**Cytoplasm eosinophilic and granular.
**Cytoplasm eosinophilic and granular.
**Nucleus usually smaller than in signet ring cell.
**Nucleus usually smaller than in signet ring cell.
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