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*[[Biopsy]] should be performed in patients with scrotal skin lesions to rule out skin cancer.<ref name="pmid24784335">{{cite journal| author=Crawford P, Crop JA| title=Evaluation of scrotal masses. | journal=Am Fam Physician | year= 2014 | volume= 89 | issue= 9 | pages= 723-7 | pmid=24784335 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24784335 }} </ref> | |||
*Skin lesions of the scrotum that are erosive, vascular, hyperkeratotic, nonhealing, change color, or have irregular borders may mimic cancer and needs to be ruled out by [[biopsy|skin biopsy]].<ref name="pmid24784335">{{cite journal| author=Crawford P, Crop JA| title=Evaluation of scrotal masses. | journal=Am Fam Physician | year= 2014 | volume= 89 | issue= 9 | pages= 723-7 | pmid=24784335 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24784335 }} </ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Biopsy
- Biopsy should be performed in patients with scrotal skin lesions to rule out skin cancer.[1]
- Skin lesions of the scrotum that are erosive, vascular, hyperkeratotic, nonhealing, change color, or have irregular borders may mimic cancer and needs to be ruled out by skin biopsy.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Crawford P, Crop JA (2014). "Evaluation of scrotal masses". Am Fam Physician. 89 (9): 723–7. PMID 24784335.