title: [Juvenile gangrenous vasculitis of the scrotum].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Málaga, España.
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Julve Villalta
authors.forename: Antonio Javier
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Márquez Moreno
authors.forename: Blanca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cabra de Luna
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D013754:Tetracyclines