<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Background: Gynecomastia is a common benign lesion of the male breast and accounts for up to 80% of male patients referred with beast lesions.Objective: To examine the pattern of breast lesions in male patients who underwent breast biopsy.Methods: All male patients referred to Hatyai Hospital with breast complaints were included in the study. Histopathology reports were retrospectively reviewed during 2004-2011.Results: In 77 male patients diagnosed with breast lesions, the most common lesion was gynecomastia (49/77, 64%), followed by fibrocystic changes (7/77, 9%), and breast cancer (6/77, 8%). Gynecomastia was commonly found in male patients less than 40 years of age, while other breast lesions are seen in male patients over 40 years of age (P = 0.036, OR = 2.842, 95% CI = 1.085-7.447).Conclusion: Gynecomastia was the most common diagnosis among breast lesions in male patients referred to the Hatyai Hospital during 2004-2011. Gynecomastia was more common in the patients less than 20 years old.</abstract>

Background: Gynecomastia is a common benign lesion of the male breast and accounts for up to 80% of male patients referred with beast lesions.Objective: To examine the pattern of breast lesions in male patients who underwent breast biopsy.Methods: All male patients referred to Hatyai Hospital with breast complaints were included in the study. Histopathology reports were retrospectively reviewed during 2004-2011.Results: In 77 male patients diagnosed with breast lesions, the most common lesion was gynecomastia (49/77, 64%), followed by fibrocystic changes (7/77, 9%), and breast cancer (6/77, 8%). Gynecomastia was commonly found in male patients less than 40 years of age, while other breast lesions are seen in male patients over 40 years of age (P = 0.036, OR = 2.842, 95% CI = 1.085-7.447).Conclusion: Gynecomastia was the most common diagnosis among breast lesions in male patients referred to the Hatyai Hospital during 2004-2011. Gynecomastia was more common in the patients less than 20 years old.

A retrospective study of gynecomastia in male patients referred to Hatyai Hospital with breast lesions

Medical Technology Program, School of Allied Health Sciences and Public Health, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80161,

Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom 73170,

Department of Pathology, Hatyai Hospital, Songkhla 90110,

Asian Biomedicine

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Background: Gynecomastia is a common benign lesion of the male breast and accounts for up to 80% of male patients referred with beast lesions.Objective: To...

A retrospective study of gynecomastia in male patients referred to Hatyai Hospital with breast lesions

Article Category: Brief communication (Original)

Published Online: Feb 04, 2017

Page range: 511 - 515

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5372/1905-7415.0804.321

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