title: [Basal cell carcinoma of the scrotum. A rare localization linked to a bad prognosis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present a case of basal cell carcinoma of the scrotum.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a review of 56 scrotal tumors, we found 4 primary neoplasias, 3 benign mesenchymal tumors and one malignant tumor, the basal cell carcinoma of the scrotum described herein.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 52-year-old patient with no remarkable urological or dermatological history, complained of an excrescence in the right hemiscrotum that he had noted for several years. A clinical diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma of the scrotum was made and the lesion was surgically excised. Pathological analysis of the surgical specimen confirmed the diagnosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Basal cell carcinoma is the most common type of skin cancer in the middle-aged and elderly, but localization to the scrotum is rare. It is a tumor that grows locally and rarely metastasizes, although scrotal tumors are much more aggressive and patients should therefore be followed very closely after resection of the tumor.
authors.affiliation: FEA Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Nuestra Señora del Pino, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, España. arey@correo.hpino.rcanaria.es
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Redondo Martínez
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cruz Benavides
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Camacho Galán
mesh_terms: D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012611:Scrotum / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*