A Case of Scrotal Calcinosis Associated with Epidermal Cysts.
- Author:
Min Geol LEE
;
Eun So LEE
;
Kook Joo CHOI
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Scrotal calcinosis;
Dystrophic calcification
- MeSH:
Adult;
Calcinosis*;
Calcium;
Dermis;
Epidermal Cyst*;
Foreign-Body Reaction;
Humans;
Inflammation;
Male;
Scrotum
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1985;23(5):691-695
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Scrotal calcinosis, consisting of solitary or multiple circumscribed calcium deposits within the dermis of the scrotum, is generally assumed to be one the idiopathic type of calcinosis. We present herein a case of serotal calcinosis associated with scrotal epidermal cysts in a 29-year-old male patient who had multiple, 2 to 6mm sized, yellowish or flesh colored nodules in the dermis, Histopathologically multiple ncdules showed intact epidermal cyzts, an epidermal cyst with a partialIy degenerated wall and surrounding foreign body reaction, and calcium deposits with foreign body reaction in the dermis without an epithelial lining around calcium deposit. Therefore, idiopathic scrotal calcinosis may repreeent the end stage of dystrophic calcificati.on associated with inflammation of the scrotal epidermal cysts.
