[Juvenile gangrenous vasculitis of the scrotum].
OBJECTIVE
To describe clinical and pathological findings of a new case of juvenile gangrenous vasculitis of the scrotum, a peculiar and unusual (only 7 cases, approximately, have been previously reported) type of scrotal gangrene described by Piñol in 1973.


METHODS
A 24 year-old male presented at the emergency room with a right scrotal necrotising cutaneous lesion and fever. Physical examination, complete blood count, biochemical test, roentgenographic abdominal and thoracic findings, microbiological test and biopsy were performed.


RESULTS
Clinical aspects (symptoms and sings) and results of complete blood count (leukocytosis), normal ultrasound exploration and biochemical and roentgenographic abdominothoracic findings, microbiological test (negative) and biopsy (necrotising vasculitis) are compatible with juvenile gangrenous vasculitis of the scrotum.


CONCLUSIONS
Juvenile gangrenous vasculitis of the scrotum is a rare entity which should be diagnosed by strict clinicopathological diagnostic criteria because treatment and prognosis are distinct of other numerous ulcerative scrotal diseases.
Julve Villalta
Emilio
E
Servicio de Urología, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Málaga, España.
Márquez Moreno
Antonio Javier
AJ
Cabra de Luna
Blanca
B
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005734:Gangrene / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D013754:Tetracyclines; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D013754:Tetracyclines