title: Red scrotum syndrome.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Red scrotum syndrome is a rare and chronic disease affecting males in their second half of life. It is characterized by erythema with sharpborders, no scaling but burning and pain sensations.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report about two cases treated successfully with either doxycycline and tacrolimus or gabapentine.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  For practical purposes we suggest to start treating red scrotum syndrome with doxycycline for 2 weeks and use gabapentin as second-line treatment when doxycycline fails.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Academic Teaching Hospital Dresden-Friedrichstadt, Friedrichstrasse 41, 01067 Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wollina