title: [Unilateral gynecomastia induced by the use of anabolic steroids. A clinical case report].
abstract: The authors studied a case of left unilateral gynecomastia occurring in a 26-year-old body-builder after anabolic steroids assumption. The mammal features were found by echography and mammography and they showed the presence of a 3 cm diameter retroareolar area of gland tissue surrounded by fibrotic tissue. After excluding every likely cause giving gynecomastia through laboratory tests, it was clear a relationship with the assumption of high doses of anabolic hormones, with particular regard to methyltestosterone. Therefore, also this substance which on its own is not aromatized by extrasplanchnic tissues, can be responsible for man's mammal hypertrophy, if joined to a slight iatrogenic liver cytolysis.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Motorie, Università degli Studi di Genova.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spiga
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gorrini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferraris
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Odaglia
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Frassetto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D045930:Anabolic Agents; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006177:Gynecomastia / Q000097:blood / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008327:Mammography; D013177:Sports; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary
chemical_list: D045930:Anabolic Agents
vernacular_title: Ginecomastia unilaterale indotta dall'uso di steroidi anabolizzanti. Descrizione di un caso clinico.