Clinical Quiz
The Hong Kong Practitioner VOLUME 29 / August 2007

A young girl presenting with multiple skin papules
Robin C W Su 蘇志慰


A monthly clinical quiz is published in The Hong Kong Practitioner. Readers are invited to participate and a prize draw, sponsored by Pfizer Corporation Hong Kong Limited, will be undertaken among the successful entries each month. For entry into the draw, simply answer the question, fill in the reply slip and return it to the College by 6 September, 2007. Each reader is allowed to submit one entry only. The name of the winner and the answer will be published in the September issue.

Clinical history:

A 4-year old girl presented with multiple skin coloured papules on her left chest wall for six months. The skin lesions were non-itchy and non-tender. On closer examination the skin papules have a smooth shiny surface, and some of them have an umbilicated centre.
The slide and the question were prepared by:
Dr Robin C W Su, MRCP(UK), FHKCP, FHKAM(Med)
Medical Officer,
Social Hygiene Service, PHSB, DH.

What is the diagnosis?

A. Warts
B. Molluscum contagiosum
C. Keratoacanthoma
D. Basal cell carcinoma

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