[Gonadal involvement in the Schonlein-Henoch syndrome]

The authors report a case of testicular involvement in the Henoch-Schönlein's purpura, in order to call attention on the problem of an affection which has sometimes an acute onset and may therefore undergo a useless explorative surgical intervention. With the help of the existing literature, they define the pathological feature and point out the feasibility of a differential diagnosis when looking for the usually observed involvements (skin, joints, kidney, ecc.), associated with H.S. syndrome, in an accentuated or just slightly evident way, as in the presently described case.