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[Juvenile gangrenous vasculitis of the scrotum]
Emilio Julve Villalta1, Antonio Javier Márquez Moreno, Blanca Cabra de Luna
1Servicio de Urología, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Málaga, España.
Objective:
To describe clinical and pathological findings of a new case of juvenile gangrenous vasculitis of the scrotum, a peculiar and unusual (only 7 cases, approximately, have been previously reported) type of scrotal gangrene described by Piñol in 1973.
Methods:
A 24 year-old male presented at the emergency room with a right scrotal necrotising cutaneous lesion and fever. Physical examination, complete blood count, biochemical test, roentgenographic abdominal and thoracic findings, microbiological test and biopsy were performed.
Results:
Clinical aspects (symptoms and sings) and results of complete blood count (leukocytosis), normal ultrasound exploration and biochemical and roentgenographic abdominothoracic findings, microbiological test (negative) and biopsy (necrotising vasculitis) are compatible with juvenile gangrenous vasculitis of the scrotum.
Conclusions:
Juvenile gangrenous vasculitis of the scrotum is a rare entity which should be diagnosed by strict clinicopathological diagnostic criteria because treatment and prognosis are distinct of other numerous ulcerative scrotal diseases.
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