1Dermatology Specialist, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of AL-Qadisiyah, Iraq
*Corresponding Author: Suhad Jassim Abdlkadhim, Dermatology Specialist, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of AL-Qadisiyah, Iraq
Online published on 11 July, 2019.
To evaluate the role of 0.05% topical retin-A in the treatment of molluscum contagiosum. The present cohort study included 23 patients with molluscum contagiosum. The study was has been carried out at dermatology unit at Al-Diwaniyah teaching hospital, Al-Diwaniyah Province, Iraq during the period from June 2018 through January 2019. Age, gender and number of lesions were the main variables included in the study. All patients were given a topical retin-A cream, 0.05% concentration in a dose of one bed time application per day. There was highly significant reduction in mean number of lesions from 8.65 ± 3.20 to 0.87 ± 1.46 (P < 0.001) and the cure rate was 65.2%. The current study included 23 patients with molluscum contagiosum with a mean age of 13.26 ± 8.60 years and an age range of 3 to 23 years; 16 (69.6%) children and 7 (30.4%) adults. The study included 13 (56.5%) and 10 (43.5%), male and female patients respectively. The use of topical 0.05% rein-A can be justified in patients with molluscum contagiosum because of high rate of cure and negligible side effects.
Topical retin-A, molluscum contagiosum
