1. [Three patients with gynaecomastia].
- Author
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Walraven M, Wilmink HJ, de Boer LM, and Muller AF
- Subjects
- Adult, Diagnosis, Differential, Gynecomastia diagnosis, Humans, Hypogonadism complications, Klinefelter Syndrome complications, Male, Middle Aged, Pituitary Neoplasms complications, Prolactinoma complications, Thyrotoxicosis complications, Gynecomastia etiology, Hyperprolactinemia etiology, Prolactin metabolism
- Abstract
In three patients gynaecomastia was diagnosed: a 22-year-old man with concomitant thyrotoxicosis due to an extensively metastasized extragonadal choriocarcinoma, a 53-year-old man with hypogonadism due to Klinefelter's syndrome that was biochemically obscured due to medications leading to elevated prolactin levels, and a 62-year-old man with acromegaly and secondary hypogonadism due to a mixed prolactin and growth hormone secreting pituitary adenoma. Gynaecomastia calls for thorough evaluation.
- Published
- 2004