[Gynecomastia].
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.
Cianchetti
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Istituto di Patologia Chirurgica, Università G. D'Annunzio di Chieti.
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Ucchino
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Ricci
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Grossi
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Scotti
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Napolitano
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D006177:Gynecomastia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged