Clinical management of 10 cases of idiopathic scrotal calcinosis
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Idiopathic scrotal calcinosis is a rare benign disease which presents with multiple asymptomatic various sized nodules on the scrotal skin wall. Few cases with multiple skin lesions have been reported. Between January 2011 and December 2014, 10 patients with multiple skin lesions were admitted and treated at our hospital. Here we reported their clinicopathological characteristics and our experience of management of these patients.
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