Clinics in diagnostic imaging (88). Gynaecomastia of the right breast and carcinoma of the left breast

Singapore Med J. 2003 Aug;44(8):433-7.

Abstract

An 83-year-old man presented with a painless lump in his left breast for one year. Mammograms showed an ill-defined uncalcified high-density subareolar mass in the left breast and minimal fibroglandular density radiating beneath the nipple into the fatty tissue of the right breast. US showed an irregular, heterogeneously-hypoechoic mass with mild posterior transmission. The differential diagnosis of breast enlargement in men is discussed. Mammographical and US features of gynaecomastia and male breast carcinoma are presented.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Breast Neoplasms, Male / diagnosis*
  • Breast Neoplasms, Male / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Ductal / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma, Ductal / diagnostic imaging
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Gynecomastia / diagnosis*
  • Gynecomastia / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mammography