Multiple myeloma

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a malignant tumor of plasma cell characterized by overproduction of abnormal plasma cells in the bone marrow and skeletal destruction. The clinical features are bone pain, renal impairment, immunodeficiency, anemia and presence of abnormal immunoglobulins (Ig).

Molluscum contagiosum

Molluscum contagiosum is a cutaneous viral infection that is commonly observed in both healthy and immunocompromised children. The infection is caused by a member of the Poxviridae family, the molluscum contagiosum virus. Molluscum contagiosum presents as single or multiple small white or flesh-colored papules that typically have a central umbilication. The central umbilication may be difficult to observe in young children and, instead, may bear an appearance similar to an acneiform eruption. The lesions vary in size (from 1 mm to 1 cm in diameter) and are painless, although a subset of patients report pruritus in the area of infection. On average, 11-20 papules appear on the body during the course of infection and generally remains a self-limiting disease. However, in immunosuppressed patients, molluscum contagiosum can be a severe infection with hundreds of lesions developing on the body. Extensive eruption is indicative of an advanced immunodeficiency state.


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PMID (PMCID)
21448067
MALE
Epibulbar molluscum contagiosum lesions in multiple myeloma.
Moradi P, Bhogal M, Thaung C, Dart J.
Cornea. 2011;30(8):910-1.
Epibulbar molluscum contagiosum lesions in multiple myeloma.
21448067
MALE
Epibulbar molluscum contagiosum lesions in multiple myeloma.
Moradi P, Bhogal M, Thaung C, Dart J.
Cornea. 2011;30(8):910-1.
To describe the history and clinical presentation of a case of primary epibulbar molluscum contagiosum in multiple myeloma, after penetrating keratoplasty.