[Three patients with gynaecomastia]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2004 Apr 24;148(17):809-13.
[Article in Dutch]

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

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

Substances

  • Prolactin