[Scrotal granuloma caused by oil migrating from the hip in 2 transsexual males (scrotal sclerosing lipogranuloma)]

Arch Esp Urol. 1997 Jan-Feb;50(1):51-3.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Objective: To describe two patients with scrotal granuloma due to silicone oil migrated from the hip.

Methods/results: Two male transsexuals without genitoplasty developed scrotal inflammatory masses after subcutaneous injection of silicone oil to remodel the hip contour. Imaging studies and pathologic examination disclosed lesions similar to those encountered in ruptured silicone breast implants.

Conclusions: Silicone migration to the scrotum through subdermal fascial planes can cause a granulomatous lesion similar to that of ruptured breast implants. The migratory pathway is similar to that of scrotal emphysema and, inversely, the dissemination of necrotizing fasciitis of the genitalia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Granuloma, Foreign-Body / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Scrotum*
  • Silicones*
  • Transsexualism*

Substances

  • Silicones