Abstract
When no demonstrable cause is uncovered after excluding inflammatory dermatosis, infectious disease or a manifestation of anorectal disease, anogenital pruritus is often described as 'idiopathic'. Lumbosacral radiculopathy was described by Cohen et al. as one of the possible causes of 'idiopathic' anogenital pruritus. We report a case of a patient with chronic pruritus of the right scrotum that was relieved immediately post-ipsilateral inguinal hernia repair. This is, to the best of our knowledge, the first case of neuropathic scrotal pruritus secondary to direct nerve compression by an inguinal hernia. We propose that a proper examination for the presence of inguinal hernia be performed in the work-up for scrotal pruritus.
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