Scrotal HemangiomaJoseph Junewick, MD FACR

09/16/2010

History7 month old male with scrotal mass.

DiagnosisScrotal Hemangioma

DiscussionScrotal hemangiomas are extremely rare, comprising less than 1% of all hemangiomas. They usuallymanifest in infants, and occasionally in later childhood or adolescence. Most patients areasymptomatic, although on rare occasions a patient will present with dull, aching pain, heaviness,bleeding, and ulceration. These symptoms may lead to misdiagnosis of the lesion as a varicocele oringuinal hernia. Microscopic analysis reveals numerous vascular spaces that vary in size and arelined with benign epithelial cells. A lobular pattern of vessels may also be seen. The lesions may becharacterized as capillary, cavernous, or arteriovenous.

FindingsUS-Fusiform hypoechoic thickening of the scrotal skin which is markedly hyperemic on Dopplerimaging.

ReferenceAkbar SA, Sayyed TA, Jafri SZH, Hasteh F, Neill JSA. Multimodality Imaging of ParatesticularNeoplasms and Their Rare Mimics. RadioGraphics (2003); 23:1461-1476.

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