STUDY DESIGN: Case description. OBJECTIVE: To describe a treatable cause of scrotal pain associated with lumbar disc herniation SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Scrotal pain due to intraspinal compression of a sacral nerve root caused by lumbar disc herniation is probably very rare, as the literature contains only sporadic single case descriptions. METHODS: Two patients with isolated scrotal pain were analyzed. In both patients, a lumbar disc herniation was found. Lumbar discectomy was performed in both patients. RESULTS: Complete and persisting relief of the scrotal pain was obtained after lumbar discectomy. CONCLUSIONS: Despite the absence of other symptoms or signs suggestive of nerve root involvement, lumbar disc herniation with intraspinal compression of a sacral nerve root seemed the most probable cause of the scrotal pain.
STUDY DESIGN: Case description. OBJECTIVE: To describe a treatable cause of scrotal pain associated with lumbar disc herniation SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Scrotal pain due to intraspinal compression of a sacral nerve root caused by lumbar disc herniation is probably very rare, as the literature contains only sporadic single case descriptions. METHODS: Two patients with isolated scrotal pain were analyzed. In both patients, a lumbar disc herniation was found. Lumbar discectomy was performed in both patients. RESULTS: Complete and persisting relief of the scrotal pain was obtained after lumbar discectomy. CONCLUSIONS: Despite the absence of other symptoms or signs suggestive of nerve root involvement, lumbar disc herniation with intraspinal compression of a sacral nerve root seemed the most probable cause of the scrotal pain.