Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is a systemic vasculitis characterized classically by purpura, arthritis and abdominal pain. Epididymitis/orchitis is rarely seen as a complication of HSP. Testicular or scrotal involvement has been reported in children with Henoch-Schonlein purpura and must be distinguished from testicular torsion. We report a case of a 5 year old boy diagnosed with Henoch-Schönl...

A 13-year-old boy was presented in the pediatric emergency with a 2-week history of swelling of the right scrotal contents of simple evolution, which was worsened by the appearance of an acute scrotal pain 48 h prior to his consultation. The doppler ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) scan revealed an incarceration of the omentum in an inguinal hernia. Acute scrotal pain and swelling is a c...

Figures 1. Erythematous and verrucous plaque with scrotal ulceration. A 38-year-old Mexican immigrant with no significant past medical history was admitted to the hospital with a 3-week history of progressive left scrotal lesions that started as a single papule and evolved to become a painful erythematous and verrucous plaque with scrotal ulceration (Figure 1). The patient denied fever, chills,...

Scrotal leiomyomas with atypical bizarre nuclei are rare, which might be misdiagnosed as malignant tumor. We describe a case of scrotal bizarre leiomyoma in a 65-yr-old man. The tumor was a 1 cm-sized, well circumscribed, oval mass arising from the tunica dartos muscle. Histologically, it was formed by whorling bundles of fusiform cells with occasional atypical, pleomorphic nuclei and pseudo-in...

Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) is a kidney disease characterized by massive proteinuria. Protein loss leads to decreased oncotic pressure shifting the fluids into the interstitial space causing edema, complications such as infections and thromboembolism occur. We report a 7-year-old, diagnosed with NS presenting with a relapse. He developed ascites and scrotal edema followed by severe scro...

Meconium periorchitis is a bizarre albeit rare extraabdominal sequel of fetal meconium peritonitis; ensuing the passage of meconium into the scrotum via a patent processus vaginalis. We hereby present the case of a 20 day old male neonate with the sonographic, peroperative and histopathological correlates of Meconium Periorchitis. The scrotal meconium being predestined for calcification and res...