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Pathological Gynecomastia

MedGen UID:
857574
•Concept ID:
C3897980
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Disease or Syndrome

Definition

Gynecomastia that is due to exogenous substances or disease processes. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPathological Gynecomastia

Professional guidelines

PubMed

An updated review of epidemiology, risk factors, and management of male breast cancer.
Khan NAJ, Tirona M
Med Oncol 2021 Mar 15;38(4):39. doi: 10.1007/s12032-021-01486-x. PMID: 33721121
Risk Factors and Treatment Outcomes of 1,375 Patients with Testicular Leydig Cell Tumors: Analysis of Published Case Series Data.
Fankhauser CD, Grogg JB, Hayoz S, Wettstein MS, Dieckmann KP, Sulser T, Bode PK, Clarke NW, Beyer J, Hermanns T
J Urol 2020 May;203(5):949-956. Epub 2019 Dec 17 doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000000705. PMID: 31845841
EAA clinical practice guidelines-gynecomastia evaluation and management.
Kanakis GA, Nordkap L, Bang AK, Calogero AE, Bártfai G, Corona G, Forti G, Toppari J, Goulis DG, Jørgensen N
Andrology 2019 Nov;7(6):778-793. Epub 2019 May 16 doi: 10.1111/andr.12636. PMID: 31099174

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Prepubertal gynecomastia is not always idiopathic: case series and review of the literature.
Laimon W, El-Hawary A, Aboelenin H, Elzohiri M, Abdelmaksoud S, Megahed N, Salem N
Eur J Pediatr 2021 Mar;180(3):977-982. Epub 2020 Sep 25 doi: 10.1007/s00431-020-03799-x. PMID: 32975593
Gynecomastia in Infants, Children, and Adolescents.
Leung AKC, Leung AAC
Recent Pat Endocr Metab Immune Drug Discov 2017;10(2):127-137. doi: 10.2174/1872214811666170301124033. PMID: 28260521
Gynecomastia - a difficult diagnostic problem.
Derkacz M, Chmiel-Perzyńska I, Nowakowski A
Endokrynol Pol 2011;62(2):190-202. PMID: 21528484

Therapy

Gynecomastia in Infants, Children, and Adolescents.
Leung AKC, Leung AAC
Recent Pat Endocr Metab Immune Drug Discov 2017;10(2):127-137. doi: 10.2174/1872214811666170301124033. PMID: 28260521

Prognosis

Prepubertal gynecomastia is not always idiopathic: case series and review of the literature.
Laimon W, El-Hawary A, Aboelenin H, Elzohiri M, Abdelmaksoud S, Megahed N, Salem N
Eur J Pediatr 2021 Mar;180(3):977-982. Epub 2020 Sep 25 doi: 10.1007/s00431-020-03799-x. PMID: 32975593

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