[Calcinosis of the scrotum. Report of a case associated with epidermoid cysts].
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.
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Departamento de Patología de la Universidad de Santa María, Brasil.
Schmitt
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Melo
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Vaca
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J
Lucia Caetano
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Souza
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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
Calcinosis del escroto. Relato de un caso asociado a calcificaciones de quistes epidermoides.