title: Gynaecomastia as the initial presentation of thyrotoxicosis.
abstract: Gynaecomastia is a well-recognized manifestation of thyrotoxicosis occurring in a widely variable percentage. Some studies have reported the percentage to be high as 40% while others report it being around 10%. The variation can be attributed to the difference in the criteria used to define gynae-comaslia or racial factors. However, thyrotoxicosis presenting with gynaceomastia as an intial manifestation is very rare. Only handful case reports are found in literature. Here we present a case of 35-year-old Indian male, with thyrotoxcosis who presented initially with painful bilateral gynaceomastia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, IPGMER, SSKM Hospital, 244 AJC Bose Road, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Triranjan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sanyal
authors.forename: Deep
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: Ks
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shivprasad
authors.forename: Sujoy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Satinath
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
authors.forename: Subhankar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chowdhury
keywords: Gynaecomastia; sex hormone binding globulin; thyrotoxicosis
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