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  • Title: Pulsed dye laser treatment of molluscum contagiosum in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
    Author: Nehal KS, Sarnoff DS, Gotkin RH, Friedman-Kien A.
    Journal: Dermatol Surg; 1998 May; 24(5):533-5. PubMed ID: 9598007.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Molluscum contagiosum is usually a self-limited benign viral disease in children and young adults. In patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), however, the infection is often widespread, disfiguring, and recalcitrant to conventional therapy. OBJECTIVE: A treatment modality for widespread, recurrent molluscum contagiosum is necessary that is effective, safe, and simple. METHODS: Widespread molluscum contagiosum recalcitrant to conventional therapy in a patient with AIDS was treated with the 585-nm pulsed dye laser. RESULTS: There was a significant reduction in the number of molluscum contagiosum lesions following a single treatment with the pulsed dye laser. Treated-areas remained disease-free after 4 months. No complications were associated with the procedure. CONCLUSION: Pulsed dye laser treatment may offer another therapeutic modality that is effective and safe in the treatment of widespread and recurrent molluscum contagiosum.
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