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1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Abstract:
Idiopathic calcinosis of the scrotum is a rare condition, and its pathogenesis remains unknown. We recently examined 3 patients in whom scrotal epidermoid cysts in varying stages of inflammation coexisted with scrotal calcinosis. Some cysts revealed calcification of their keratin contents with little evidence of active inflammation. Other cysts showed rupture of their epithelial walls associated with the presence of keratin fibers and calcium granules in the surrounding dermis. We found that this disorder is not idiopathic and that epidermal inclusion cysts constitute the basic abnormality.
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