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Virus Exam Shows Molluscum Contagiosum Presentation Pathology Caused

Front What virus causes molluscum contagiosum? What is the presentation? What is seen on pathology?
Back ● Caused by the pox virus ● Exam shows dome-shaped, waxy nodules with central umbilication ● Microscopic exam shows abundant granular eosinophilic cytoplasm with small peripheral nuclei; Henderson-Patterson corpuscleseosinophilic inclusion bodies

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