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Successful surgical resection and reconstruction of scrotal elephantiasis

INTRODUCTION: An enlarged scrotum due to scrotal elephantiasis results in a poor quality of life. This condition is uncommon and challenging to manage for most urologists. We report a case of scrotal elephantiasis treated with resection and scrotal reconstruction. CASE PRESENTATION: A 57‐year‐old ma...

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Autores principales: Hattori, Yuto, Hayata, Naoki, Nakamura, Kenji, Takahashi, Takeshi, Mitsumori, Kenji, Ohnishi, Hiroyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7924082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33718810
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/iju5.12245
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author Hattori, Yuto
Hayata, Naoki
Nakamura, Kenji
Takahashi, Takeshi
Mitsumori, Kenji
Ohnishi, Hiroyuki
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Hayata, Naoki
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description INTRODUCTION: An enlarged scrotum due to scrotal elephantiasis results in a poor quality of life. This condition is uncommon and challenging to manage for most urologists. We report a case of scrotal elephantiasis treated with resection and scrotal reconstruction. CASE PRESENTATION: A 57‐year‐old man was referred to our hospital with a 6‐year history of scrotal swelling. The scrotum was 20 cm in diameter, stiff, and thick. He was diagnosed with chronic scrotal lymphedema and underwent scrotal resection. The skin and subcutaneous tissues of the scrotum were excised, and the suprapubic skin, which was stretched by the enlarged scrotum, was used for the scrotal reconstruction. The penis was pulled out from this hole in the skin. CONCLUSION: Utilizing suprapubic skin flap for scrotal reconstruction is an effective treatment for scrotal elephantiasis that can result in functionally and cosmetically successful outcomes.
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spelling pubmed-79240822021-03-12 Successful surgical resection and reconstruction of scrotal elephantiasis Hattori, Yuto Hayata, Naoki Nakamura, Kenji Takahashi, Takeshi Mitsumori, Kenji Ohnishi, Hiroyuki IJU Case Rep Case Reports INTRODUCTION: An enlarged scrotum due to scrotal elephantiasis results in a poor quality of life. This condition is uncommon and challenging to manage for most urologists. We report a case of scrotal elephantiasis treated with resection and scrotal reconstruction. CASE PRESENTATION: A 57‐year‐old man was referred to our hospital with a 6‐year history of scrotal swelling. The scrotum was 20 cm in diameter, stiff, and thick. He was diagnosed with chronic scrotal lymphedema and underwent scrotal resection. The skin and subcutaneous tissues of the scrotum were excised, and the suprapubic skin, which was stretched by the enlarged scrotum, was used for the scrotal reconstruction. The penis was pulled out from this hole in the skin. CONCLUSION: Utilizing suprapubic skin flap for scrotal reconstruction is an effective treatment for scrotal elephantiasis that can result in functionally and cosmetically successful outcomes. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-12-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7924082/ /pubmed/33718810 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/iju5.12245 Text en © 2020 The Authors. IJU Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of the Japanese Urological Association This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Successful surgical resection and reconstruction of scrotal elephantiasis
title_full Successful surgical resection and reconstruction of scrotal elephantiasis
title_fullStr Successful surgical resection and reconstruction of scrotal elephantiasis
title_full_unstemmed Successful surgical resection and reconstruction of scrotal elephantiasis
title_short Successful surgical resection and reconstruction of scrotal elephantiasis
title_sort successful surgical resection and reconstruction of scrotal elephantiasis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7924082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33718810
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/iju5.12245
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