Molluscum Contagiosum
Section Editor: Dharam M. Ramnani, MD
Virginia Urology, Richmond, VA, USA
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There is lobular hyperplasia of epidermis into the dermis resulting in a cup-shaped lesion. The basal layers appear normal, but the keratinocytes of stratum malpighii become enlarged and acquire eosinophilic inclusion bodies - Henderson-Patterson bodies that contain virus particles.