A 4 year old boy developed raised bumps on his fingers.His friends at his pre-school had similar lesions.A biopsy of one of the lesions is shown in the accompanying photomicrograph.Which one of the following is the best diagnosis?

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Although these lesions can be passed child to child by close contact,as in verruca vulgaris,the histological appearance is diagnostic of molluscum contagiousum,which is caused by a pox virus.

A 4 Year Old Boy Developed Raised Bumps on His