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Case Series

A Case Series: Experience of Using 20% Potassium Hydroxide Solution to Treat Adult Sexually Transmitted Molluscum Contagiosum

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Pages 671-676 | Published online: 10 Sep 2020

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Figure 1 Clinical manifestation of molluscum contagiosum on genital area before and after 20% KOH treatment. All of the MC lesions disappeared and became post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation on day 51 of observation.

Abbreviations: KOH, potassium dihydroxide; MC, molluscum contagiosum.
Figure 1 Clinical manifestation of molluscum contagiosum on genital area before and after 20% KOH treatment. All of the MC lesions disappeared and became post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation on day 51 of observation.

Figure 2 Clinical manifestation of molluscum contagiosum on genital area before and after 20% KOH (left side) and 80% TCA (right side) treatment. Basophilic, round, and anucleated masses (Henderson–Paterson bodies) were using Giemsa staining. All of the MC lesions disappeared on day 31 and leaved post-inflammatory hypopigmentation after treatment.

Abbreviations: KOH, potassium dihydroxide; TCA, trichloroacetic acid; MC, molluscum contagiosum.
Figure 2 Clinical manifestation of molluscum contagiosum on genital area before and after 20% KOH (left side) and 80% TCA (right side) treatment. Basophilic, round, and anucleated masses (Henderson–Paterson bodies) were using Giemsa staining. All of the MC lesions disappeared on day 31 and leaved post-inflammatory hypopigmentation after treatment.

Figure 3 Clinical manifestation of molluscum contagiosum on the face before and after 20% KOH treatment. Some of the MC lesions were thinning on day 7.

Abbreviations: KOH, potassium dihydroxide; MC, molluscum contagiosum.
Figure 3 Clinical manifestation of molluscum contagiosum on the face before and after 20% KOH treatment. Some of the MC lesions were thinning on day 7.

Figure 4 Clinical manifestation of molluscum contagiosum on the genital area before and after 20% KOH treatment. All of the MC lesions disappeared on day 20 after 20% KOH application and leaved erosion and post-inflammatory hypopigmentation.

Abbreviations: KOH, potassium dihydroxide; MC, molluscum contagiosum.
Figure 4 Clinical manifestation of molluscum contagiosum on the genital area before and after 20% KOH treatment. All of the MC lesions disappeared on day 20 after 20% KOH application and leaved erosion and post-inflammatory hypopigmentation.