A term applied to several diseases of the skin. M. Acne, M. adeno- sum. Synonym of M. contagiosum. M. atbero- natosum, contagiosum with cystic tumors. M. cholestericum. Same as Xanthoma, q. v. M contagiosum, epitheliale, a skin-disease characterized by the formation of pinhead-sized to beansized and marble-sized, sessile or pedunculated, yellowish-white or pinkish tumors, rounded or acuminate. imbedded within or projecting from the skin, and having usually a dark-colored point at the apex, from which, on pressure,-can be expressed a milky, curdlike, or inspissated cheesy mass. The lesions may be single or multiple, and occur usually in children or young adults upon the face, neck, and genitals. They may attain a very considerable size. The disease is probably due to a parasitic protozoon of the coccidium type. M. epitheliale. See M. contagiosum. M fibrosum, a disease of the skin characterized by the formation therein of lax fibrous tissue, or of gelatinous tissue in process of becoming fibrous. It begins early in life, and the tumors tend to increase in number and size indefinitely. They are often associated with deficient mental development. The tumors vary in size from a pin
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