Molusco en el tórax
Estas lesiones, presentes en una persona con el sistema inmune debilitado (inmunocomprometido), corresponden al molusco contagioso, enfermedad causada por el virus del molusco, perteneciente a la familia de los poxvirus. Se caracteriza por pequeñas lesiones cutáneas levantadas y perladas que se presentan con mayor frecuencia en los niños que en los adultos, en los cuales se considera una enfermedad de transmisión sexual. Los pacientes inmunocomprometidos pueden sufrir brotes graves de estas lesiones, como el que se observa en la fotografía.
Revision
Last reviewed 4/30/2012 by David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.
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