Ghosh, PrithwijitSaha, Kaushik2026-10-092026-10-092014https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.1340https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/8071Abstract Molluscum contagiosum (MC) is a viral infection of skin and mucous membrane commonly affecting the adolescents and young adults. Extensive lesions are usually common in immunocompromised patients. We herein report a rare case of MC in an epidermoid cyst (EC) in a 24-year-old immunocompetent male. The provisional clinical diagnosis was inflammed EC or lipoma. On histopathological examination the lesion displayed a unilocular EC in the deep dermis, the lining of which was infected by MC virus with characteristic inclusions. The overlying epidermis was absolutely normal having no attachment with the cyst.en-USArticle