A Clinical Study was made in 94 cases of the gynecomsatia at the department of General Surgery, Chung Nam National University Hospital from january, 1986 to August, 1994.
@ES The results were as follows
@EN 1) The most frequent age group in gynecomastia and sixties, 27 cases(28.7%).
2) the most common duration from symptom onset to the first visit was within 6 months, 73 cases(77.7%).
3) The breast masses were located at the left breast in 45 cases(47.9%), at the right breast in 35 cases(37.2%), and bilateral in 14 cases(14.9%).
4) the most prominent symptom was palpable mass in 62 cases(66.0%), followed by palpable mass and pain in 30 cases(31.9%), palpable mass and nipple discharge in 2 cases(2.1%).
5) The etiology of gynecomastia was follows;
Association with other systemic diseases in 25 cases(26.5%), pubertal gynecomastia in 20 cases(21.3%), senescent gynecomastia in 17 cases(18.1%), idiopathic gynecomastia in 19 cases(20.2%), drug related gynecomastia in 12 cases(12.8%), and
chromosomal
abnormality in one case(1.1%).
6) The results of laboratory test were as follows;
Liver function test was performed in 67 cases(71.3%), ultrasonography of liver in 26 cases(27.6%), liver scan in 10 cases(10.6%), and hormonal assay in 13 cases(13.5%).
The results of liver function test were reported as abnormal in 12 cases(12.8%), the results of ultrasonography as abnormal in 8 cases(8.6%), the results of liver scan as abnormal in one case(1.1%), and the results of hormal assay as normal in
all
cases.
7) Excision was performed in 16 cases(17.0%), pathological diagnosis of 15 cases were gynecomastia and one case was gynecomastia with intraductal papillomatosis.
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