title: [Idiopathic calcinosis of the scrotum. Cytohistologic diagnosis in biopsy and puncture samples].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report an uncommon case of idiopathic calcinosis of the scrotum.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A case of idiopathic scrotal calcinosis in a 50-year-old male who presented with multiple hard masses in the scrotum is described. Cytological (fine needle aspiration) and histological (biopsy and resection) analyses of these lesions were performed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the etiopathogenesis of scrotal calcinosis remains unknown, the involvement of a dystropic mechanism has recently been described. The usefulness of fine needle aspiration, a method that has gradually been included in the study of testicular pathology, is underscored.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Clínico de Salamanca, España.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ortiz Rodríguez Parets
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Silva Abuin
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Abad Hernández
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: García Macías
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Díaz Alférez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martín Rodríguez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bullón Sopelana
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000473:pathology; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Calcinosis idiopática del escroto. Diagnóstico citohistológico en biopsia y material de punción.