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An extensive infection with mollusca - lesions often become inflamed and haemorrhagic before resolving
Keywords: African ethnicity, Central umbilication, Child, Dome-shaped nodules, Face, Female, Multiple large mollusca, Pearly nodules, Water warts
Molluscum contagiosum is a common viral skin infection of childhood that causes localised clusters of umbilicated epidermal papules.
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