Epidermal cysts of scrotum

Ouiame El Jouari¹, Anas Zaougui², Ghita Senhaji¹, Salim Gallouj¹, Moulay Hassan Farih², Fatima Zahra Mernissi¹

¹Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Hassan II, Fez, Morocco; ²Department of Urology, University Hospital Hassan II Fez, Morocco

Corresponding author: Dr. Ouiame El Jouari, E-mail: eljouariouiame@gmail.com

Submission: 27.05.2018; Acceptance: 24.09.2018

DOI:10.7241/ourd.20192.23

Cite this article: El Jouari O, Zaougui A, Gallouj S, Farih MH, Mernissi FM. Epidermal cysts of scrotum. Our Dermatol Online. 2019;10(2):197-197.

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A 29-year-old man, without significant pathological antecedents. He consulted for asymptomatic scrotal papules, evolving for 5 months, gradually increasing in size and number. Clinical examination had found multiple skin color papules and nodules, firm in consistency, painless, arising from scrotal skin (Figs. 1a and 1b). A biopsy excision of a scrotal nodule was executed. The pathological study revealed an epidermoid cyst.

Epidermal cysts are benign epithelial cysts. In most cases, epidermal cysts occur in the skin of the scalp, ear, face, back and rarely scrotum. They consist of a sac lined by stratified squamous epithelium filled with laminated keratin, cholesterol crystals and debris. The main differential diagnosis is scrotal calcinosis. Treatment consists of a complete excision of the cyst to prevent recurrence.

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