Venereal herpes-like molluscum contagiosum: treatment with tretinoin

Cutis. 1976 Oct;18(4):537-40.

Abstract

Molluscum contagiosum spread by sexual contact may be mistaken for other venereal diseases. The occurrence of a penile lesion resembling herpes progenitalis, and successful therapy of genital mollusca with topical tretinoin (vitamin A acid) is described.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Molluscum Contagiosum / drug therapy*
  • Molluscum Contagiosum / pathology
  • Penis / pathology
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / pathology
  • Tretinoin / therapeutic use*
  • Vitamin A / analogs & derivatives*

Substances

  • Vitamin A
  • Tretinoin