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. 2018 Nov 12;5(11):ofy298. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofy298

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Figure 1. — Benign cutaneous lesions of the torso, extremities, and anogenital region clinically diagnosed as molluscum contagiosum (MC). Examples of lesions histopathologically and virologically confirmed as MC, located on the neck of the 6-year-old child and penis of the 43-year-old adult patient, are shown in A and B, respectively. Examples of lesions misdiagnosed as MC: human papillomavirus (HPV)2-positive cutaneous wart obtained from an 8-year-old child’s leg (C) and HPV6a-positive anogenital wart obtained from a 23-year-old adult patient’s pubic region (D).