Idiopathic Scrotal Calcinosis: A Case Report of a Rare Entity

Scrotal calcinosis is a benign condition where multiple calcified nodules are found within the dermis of the scrotal skin. It is a rare condition which is usually asymptomatic and has no clear aetiology although several theories have been proposed in the aetiopathogenesis. We report a 55-year-old ma...

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Autores principales: Jayarajah, Umesh, de Silva, Lalani, de Silva, Chandu, Seneviratne, Sanjeewa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6939430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31929936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6501964
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author Jayarajah, Umesh
de Silva, Lalani
de Silva, Chandu
Seneviratne, Sanjeewa
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description Scrotal calcinosis is a benign condition where multiple calcified nodules are found within the dermis of the scrotal skin. It is a rare condition which is usually asymptomatic and has no clear aetiology although several theories have been proposed in the aetiopathogenesis. We report a 55-year-old man with extensive scrotal calcinosis. Surgical excision of the affected scrotal skin was curative.
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spelling pubmed-69394302020-01-10 Idiopathic Scrotal Calcinosis: A Case Report of a Rare Entity Jayarajah, Umesh de Silva, Lalani de Silva, Chandu Seneviratne, Sanjeewa Case Rep Urol Case Report Scrotal calcinosis is a benign condition where multiple calcified nodules are found within the dermis of the scrotal skin. It is a rare condition which is usually asymptomatic and has no clear aetiology although several theories have been proposed in the aetiopathogenesis. We report a 55-year-old man with extensive scrotal calcinosis. Surgical excision of the affected scrotal skin was curative. Hindawi 2019-12-16 /pmc/articles/PMC6939430/ /pubmed/31929936 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6501964 Text en Copyright © 2019 Umesh Jayarajah et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Idiopathic Scrotal Calcinosis: A Case Report of a Rare Entity
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title_full Idiopathic Scrotal Calcinosis: A Case Report of a Rare Entity
title_fullStr Idiopathic Scrotal Calcinosis: A Case Report of a Rare Entity
title_full_unstemmed Idiopathic Scrotal Calcinosis: A Case Report of a Rare Entity
title_short Idiopathic Scrotal Calcinosis: A Case Report of a Rare Entity
title_sort idiopathic scrotal calcinosis: a case report of a rare entity
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6939430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31929936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6501964
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