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Showing the scrotum with multiple intradermal nodules of different sizes.
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The testes were normal, and there was no inguinal lymphadenopathy (Figure 1).
Scrotum four days post scrotoplasty with preserved skin over the median raphe.
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Histology of excised tissue showing (a) intact overlying epidermis with calcium deposits in the dermis (x10), (b) calcium deposits in the dermis (x40), and (c) inflammatory reaction around the deposits (x100).
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The overlying epidermis was normal confirming the diagnosis of scrotal calcinosis (Figures 3(a)-3(c)).
(a) Scrotum having regained the normal configuration. (b) A 5 mm recurrent calcific nodule (arrowed) on the right hemiscrotum at 30 months of follow-up.
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A recurrence of a single nodule (5 mm) on the right hemiscrotum was however observed, but it was of no bother to the patient and he therefore declined excision (Figures 4(a) and 4(b)).