title: [Calcinosis of the scrotum. Report of a case associated with epidermoid cysts].
abstract: Clinical and histological features of a case of the so-called idiopathic calcinosis of the scrotum in a 22 year-old otherwise healthy man are presented. In a first biopsy we did not observe any evidence of squamous epithelial lining around calcified masses, but in a second one we observed some intact epidermoid cysts and granulomas of foreign-body type around keratinous material. These findings suggest that scrotal calcinosis is not idiopathic, but rather the end stage of dystrophic calcification of scrotal epidermoid cysts.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patología de la Universidad de Santa María, Brasil.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Melo
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Schmitt
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Melo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vaca
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lucia Caetano
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Souza
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum
vernacular_title: Calcinosis del escroto. Relato de un caso asociado a calcificaciones de quistes epidermoides.