Ocular Molluscum contagiosum- A Case Report

Molluscum contagiosum is an infection of skin caused by Poxvirus and usually affects eyelid margins as pearly pink umbilicated tumor. Single molluscum contagiosum lesion is more common in school goingchildren who are otherwise healthy while multiple lesions are seen in immunosupressed patients. Eighteen months healthy female child, a case of molluscum contagiosum, presented with multiple swellings onright upper and lower eyelid margins with mild conjunctival congestion of 6 months duration. The case was investigated and treated with surgical excision followed by postoperative local antibiotic treatment which helped the patient. Histopathological report of excised tissue confirmed the diagnosis of molluscumcontagiosum. The patient had an uneventful recovery.