Idiopathic Scrotal Calcinosis – A Case Report

Abstract

Idiopathic scrotal calcinosis is a rare disorder presenting with firm and painless nodules on the scrotal skin. The most common site is the frontal aspect of the scrotum whereas the dorsal aspect with the transition to the perineum is rarely involved. Surgery is the gold standard of treatment.

Young Man with Multiple Scrotal Growths

“…The differential diagnosis for nodular scrotal growth include epidermal cyst, lymphangioma circumscriptum, steatocystoma, angiokeratoma, genital leiomyoma, epidermoid carcinoma, and nodular scabies among others. 1 , 2 , 6 Nevertheless, Scrotal calcinosis is easily recognized clinically. 2 Confirmation of diagnosis, however, is obtained through histopathology.…”

Point of technique: Limited anterior scrotectomy and scrotoplasty for multiple epidermoid cysts of the scrotum

“…3,4 Scrotal epidermoid cysts seem predominantly to affect the anterior aspect of the scrotal skin, clustering around the midline raphe, with relative posterior scrotal and perineal sparing, and this pattern has also previously been described in the literature. 5 In our experience of 10 patients, multiple and extensive scrotal cysts have been associated with an excess of redundant anterior scrotal skin (Figure 1), which is thought to contribute to cyst formation by increasing sweat and moisture, thereby increasing plugging of the follicular orifices and leading to epidermoid cyst formation. After excision of this excess skin with the majority of the cysts, there is rarely recurrence of cysts in the rest of the scrotum.…”

CO2 Laser Treatment in Idiopathic Scrotal Calcinosis: A Case Series

“…Idiopathic scrotal calcinosis (ISC) is a rare, benign condition characterized by multiple and calcified nodules in the absence of any calcium/phosphorus metabolism disorder. 1 Lesions are various in numbers and dimensions. These lesions are the result of calcium deposits in the dermis surrounded by granulomatous reactions.…”