OBJECTIVE: To present a case of basal cell carcinomaof the scrotum.METHODS: In a review of 56 scrotal tumors, we found 4 primaryneoplasias, 3 benign mesenchymal tumors and one malignant tumor,the basal cell carcinoma of the scrotum described herein.RESULTS: A 52-year-old patient with no remarkable urologicalor dermatological history, complained of an excrescence in the righthemiscrotum that he had noted for several years. A clinical diagnosisof basal cell carcinoma of the scrotum was made and the lesion wassurgically excised. Pathological analysis of the surgical specimenconfirmed the diagnosis.CONCLUSIONS: Basal cell carcinoma is the most common typeof skin cancer in the middle-aged and elderly, but localization to thescrotum is rare. It is a tumor that grows locally and rarely metastasizes,although scrotal tumors are much more aggressive and patientsshould therefore be followed very closely after resection of the tumor.