| Title | [Gynecomastia] | | Author(s) | Cianchetti E, Legnini M, Ucchino S, Ricci A, Scipione P, Grossi S, Scotti U, Napolitano L | | Institution | Istituto di Patologia Chirurgica, Università G. D'Annunzio di Chieti. | | Source | Ann Ital Chir 1996 Jul-Aug; 67(4):495-9; discussion 499-500. | | MeSH | Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Child
English Abstract
Gynecomastia
Humans
Male
Mastectomy
Middle Aged
| | Abstract | Gynaecomastia is a benign enlargement of the male breast commonly occurring in healthy adolescent boys and in adults (50 to 80 years old). It is a source of cosmetic and psychologic problems. The secondary forms usually require no therapy other than the removal of any identified inciting cause. Most of the idiopathic forms last only a few months and then gradually disappear. In secondary gynaecomastia and idiopathic forms present for more than 12 months a medical hormonal treatment often fails and the only therapy is surgery consisting in a subtotal subcutaneous mastectomy. In the last years the surgical treatment is often completed with suction lipectomy: this procedure reduces the surgical traumatism. The authors present their experience concerning 47 patients: 27 were surgical treated with subcutaneous subtotal mastectomy and 18 had an abjunctive liposuction treatment with good results. | | Language | ita | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 9005766 |
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