title: Bilateral galactocele in a male infant: a rare cause of gynecomastia in childhood.
abstract: A galactocele is a rare benign breast lesion usually occurring in females during or following lactation. These lesions are a rare cause of breast enlargement in infants and children. In this article we present a 10 month-old boy who was admitted with a two-month history of bilateral progressive breast enlargement, and diagnosed as having galactocele. Our purpose was to emphasize the importance of galactocele as a benign condition in the differential diagnosis of gynecomastia in childhood.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yil University, Van, Turkey. cesuryasar@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cesur
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Caksen
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Demirtaş
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kösem
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uner
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ozer
mesh_terms: D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006177:Gynecomastia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography