[Three patients with gynaecomastia].

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.

• Authors: M Walraven, H J Wilmink, L M de Boer, A F Muller
• Journal: Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde (Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd) Vol. 148 Issue 17 Pg. 809-13 (Apr 24 2004) ISSN: 0028-2162 [Print] Netherlands
• Vernacular Title: Drie patiënten met gynaecomastie.
• PMID: 15141644 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Prolactin

Topics

• Adult
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Gynecomastia (diagnosis, etiology)
• Humans
• Hyperprolactinemia (etiology)
• Hypogonadism (complications)
• Klinefelter Syndrome (complications)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Pituitary Neoplasms (complications)
• Prolactin (metabolism)
• Prolactinoma (complications)
• Thyrotoxicosis (complications)