Reşit Doğan KÖSEOĞLU, Bekir Suha PARLAKTAŞ, Engin SEZER, Fikret ERDEMİR, Nihat ULUOCAK

Idiopathic scrotal calcinosis: A rare scrotal skin disorder

İdiopatik skrotal kalsinozis (İSK) Skrotum derisinde birden çok sayıda asemptomatik nodul oluşumuyla karakterize nadir görülen benign bir hastalıktır. Skrotum derisinde yaklaşık yirmi yıldır çok sayıda, ağrısız, sert nodülleri olan bir hastanın lezyonları lokal anestezi ile eksize edildi ve histopatolojik olarak İSK tanısı konuldu. Bu çalışmada nadir görülen bir hastalık olan İSK literatür eşliğinde sunulmuştur.

İdiopatik skrotal kalsinozis: Ender görülen skrotal deri hastalığı

Idiopathic scrotal calcinosis (ISC) is a rare benign disorder of scrotal skin which presents with multiple, asymptomatic nodules on the scrotum. In this text, we report a 44-year old man, who admitted to urology department outpatient clinic with a history of multiple, painless, firm swellings on his scrotum for about twenty year. After excision of the nodules under local anesthesia histopathologic examination was performed. Typical histologic features of idiopathic scrotal calcinosis were observed. Since few cases have been reported in the literature, herein we present a case of idiopathic scrotal calcinosis and a short review of the literature.

PDF

___

1. Michl UHG, Gross AJ, Loy V, et al. Idiopathic calcinosis of the scrotum – a specific entity of the scrotal skin. Scand J Urol Nephrol 1994;28:213-217.
2. Wright S, Navsaria H, Leigh IM. Idiopathic scrotal calcinosis is idiopathic. J Am Acad Dermatol 1991;24:727-230.
3. Song DH, Lee KH, Kang WH. Idiopathic calcinosis of the scrotum: Histopathologic observations of fifty-one nodules. J Am Acad Dermatol 1988;19:1095-1101.
4. Ozgenel GY, Kahveci R, Gulaydan F, et al. Idiopathic scrotal calcinosis. Annals Plas Surg 2002;48:453-454.
5. Saad AG, Zaatari GS. Scrotal calcinosis: is it idiopathic. Urology; 57:365.
6. Akosa AB, Gilliland EA, Ali Mh, et al. Idiopathic scrotal calcinosis: a possible aetiology reaffirmed. Br J Plas Surg 1989;42:324-327.
7. Ito A, Sakamoto F, Ito M. Dystrophic scrotal calcinosis originating from benign eccrine epithelial cysts. Br J Dermatol 2001;144:146-150.
8. Swineheart JM, Golitz LE. Scrotal calcinosis. Arch Dermatol 1982; 118:985-988.
9. Veress B, Malik M, Idiopathic scrotal calcinosis. East Afr Med J 1975;152:705-710.
10. Feinstein A, Kahana M, Levy A. Idiopathic scrotal calcinosis and vitiligo of the scrotum. J Am Acad Dermatol 1984;11:519-520.
11. Pabuccuoglu U, Canda MS, Guray M, et al. The possible role of dartoic muscle degeneration in the pathogenesis of idiopathic scrotal calcinosis. Br J Dermatol 2003;827-829.
12. Dini M, Colafranceschi M. Should scrotal calcinosis still be termed idiopathic?. Am J Dermatopathol 1998;20:399-402.