Gynecomastia
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Gynecomastia is an enlargement of the mammary gland in men. We distinguish:
- True gynecomastia – mammary gland proliferation;
- Pseudogynekomastia – increased fat in the breast area;
- the cause is an absolute or relative increase in estrogen concentration.
Physiologically
- in newborns;
- in puberty;
- in men going into a senium.
Pathologically:
- some estrogen-producing testicular tumors or kidney tumors ;
- cirrhosis;
- thyreotoxicosis;
- drugs (spironolactone, cimetidine, psychotropic drugs);
- gynecomastia occurs in 56–88 % of cases of Klinefelter's syndrome.[1]
Therapy:
- elimination of root causes;
- in pubertal gynecomastia – androgens, antiestrogens;[2]
- surgical therapy.
The course of surgical removal
Gynecomastia in men can also be removed surgically by performing a plastic operation, where an incision is made around the areola. This operation takes place under general anaesthesia.[3]
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ VISOOTSAK, Jeannie – GRAHAM, John M. Klinefelter syndrome and other sex chromosomal aneuploidies. Orphanet J Rare Dis [online]. 2006, vol. 1, p. 42, Available from <https://ojrd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1750-1172-1-42>. ISSN 1750-1172.
- ↑ Zvětšení prsou u mužů je běžné. Idnes [online]. Praha, 2007 [cit. 2021-10-27]. Dostupné z: https://www.idnes.cz/onadnes/zdravi/zvetseni-prsou-u-muzu-je-bezne.A070920_095937_zdravi_bad
- ↑ Gynekomastie. Medicom Clinic [online]. [cit. 2021-10-27]. Dostupné z: https://www.medicomclinic.cz/gynekomastie
Literature[edit | edit source]
- MAREK, Josef – BRODANOVÁ, Marie, et al. Vnitřní lékařství Svazek VI.. 2. edition. Praha : nakladatelství Galen, 2002. 266 pp. pp. 102 – 111. ISBN 80-7262-169-6.
