Complicated scarring following mpox infection

International audienceWe describe two patterns of complicated scarring following mpox lesions. The first was hypertrophic scarring of facial lesions in two patients and the second was a scarring folliculitis on peribuccal lesions in two patients. The combination of deep dermic inflammation, local superinfection and scratching may have led to these aesthetic complications

Histological Features Associated With Human Mpox Virus Infection in 2022 Outbreak in a Nonendemic Country

International audienceSkin histology of papules and pustules from 5 men having sex with men with mpox infection showed viral intracytoplasmic cytopathic changes, interface dermatitis, marked inflammatory dermic infiltrate including superficial neutrophils and perivascular and periadnexal deep lymphocytes. Histologic description of mpox lesions improves our understanding about clinical presentations and may have some therapeutic implications