[Idiopathic calcinosis of the scrotum. Cytohistologic diagnosis in biopsy and puncture samples]

Arch Esp Urol. 1997 Nov;50(9):1009-11.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Objective: To report an uncommon case of idiopathic calcinosis of the scrotum.

Methods/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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Calcinosis / pathology*
  • Genital Diseases, Male / pathology
  • History, 17th Century
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Scrotum / pathology*