title: "Wash leather scrotum" (scrotal dermatitis): a treatable cause of male infertility.
abstract: A group of 16 male patients with infertility had dermatitis of the scrotum and groins giving lichenified oedematous skin; the resulting thickening and loss of rugosity produced a characteristic appearance that we have termed wash leather scrotum. Treatment of the dermatosis resulted in an improvement in sperm count and motility in most patients, and 5 couples produced one or more pregnancies.
authors: St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors: W F
authors: WF
authors: Hendry
authors: D D
authors: DD
authors: Munro
mesh_terms: D000287:Administration, Topical; D000328:Adult; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002990:Clobetasol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003872:Dermatitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012628:Dermatitis, Seborrheic / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009355:Neomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009761:Nystatin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009845:Oligospermia / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012611:Scrotum; D013076:Sperm Count
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D009761:Nystatin; D002990:Clobetasol; D009355:Neomycin