Case Report

Polypoid Scrotal Calcinosis: Report Of A Case With Review Of The Literature

  • Hüsnü Tokgöz
  • Serkan Yaraş
  • Mustafa Kösem
  • Gülay Bulut
  • Serhat Oğuz

Received Date: 12.08.2009 Accepted Date: 08.01.2010 J Ankara Univ Fac Med 2009;62(1):47-48

Scrotal calcinosis is a rare condition characterized by multiple calcified small nodules within scro-tal skin. While many authors have considered this calcium deposition to be idiopathic, others have accepted as dystrophic calcification of epidermal cysts. When the Medline was checked; we see that, only two cases of idiopathic scrotal calcinosis were documented which had clinical signs of large polypoid lesions within scrotal skin. In addition, in contrast with previous reports, the histopathological evaluation of the lesions in our case does not support “dystrophic calcification of epidermal cysts” hypothesis, as the absence of cystic epithelial lining surrounding calcified de-posits and the presence of little cellular reaction were observed.

Keywords: Polypoid, Scrotal Calcinosis, Idiopathic, Skin