1. Bucillamine-induced gigantomastia with galactorrhea and hyperprolactinaemia
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Ryohei Higuchi, Shoji Sugii, Kota Shimada, Naoto Yokogawa, Tatsuo Mori, and Motoyoshi Tsujino
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Galactorrhea ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Japan ,Republic of Korea ,medicine ,Humans ,Breast ,Cysteine ,Accessory breast tissue ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,Adverse effect ,business.industry ,Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal ,Hyperprolactinaemia ,Bucillamine ,Hypertrophy ,medicine.disease ,Fibroadenoma ,Dermatology ,Prolactin ,Bilateral breasts ,Hyperprolactinemia ,Female ,Disease Susceptibility ,medicine.symptom ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Gigantomastia is characterised by excessive breast growth and can occur as a rare, drug-induced adverse event. D-penicillamine is the most frequent cause of drug-induced gigantomastia. Only one case of gigantomastia due to bucillamine, an analogue of D-penicillamine, has been reported so far. We herein report a case of bucillamine-induced gigantomastia presenting with acute enlargement of the bilateral breasts and accessory breast tissue in the axillae 7 months after the start of bucillamine therapy. Awareness about this rare adverse event is important since bucillamine is still widely used in Japan and Korea.
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- 2019