Intraoral molluscum contagiosum imitating a squamous-cell carcinoma in an immunocompetent person--case report and review of the literature

P Scherer; J Fries; R A Mischkowski; J Neugebauer; M Scheer; J E Zöller

doi:10.1016/j.ijom.2009.01.019

Intraoral molluscum contagiosum imitating a squamous-cell carcinoma in an immunocompetent person--case report and review of the literature

Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2009 Jul;38(7):802-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2009.01.019. Epub 2009 Mar 17.

Authors

P Scherer¹, J Fries, R A Mischkowski, J Neugebauer, M Scheer, J E Zöller

Affiliation

¹ Department of Craniomaxillofacial and Plastic Surgery, Germany. philipp.scherer@uk-koeln.de

PMID: 19282150
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2009.01.019

Abstract

A case of intraoral molluscum contagiosum involving the right distal alveolar bridge of an immunocompetent person is reported. A review of the literature, with only five previously published cases, revealed that involvement of the oral soft tissues is rare.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Alveolar Process / pathology
Alveolar Process / surgery
Alveolar Process / virology
Antibodies, Viral / blood
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnosis*
Denture, Complete, Upper
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Gingival Diseases / pathology*
Gingival Diseases / surgery
Gingival Diseases / virology
Gingival Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Humans
Immunocompetence
Molluscum Contagiosum / pathology*
Molluscum Contagiosum / surgery
Skin Transplantation

Substances

Antibodies, Viral