A 16-year-old male with gynecomastia and ductal carcinoma in situ

Pediatr Surg Int. 2008 Nov;24(11):1251-3. doi: 10.1007/s00383-008-2246-1. Epub 2008 Sep 3.

Abstract

While gynecomastia is common in adolescents, male breast cancer in the pediatric population is exceedingly rare. Occasional reports describe malignant and pre-malignant lesions in mastectomy specimens for gynecomastia in young adults. We present a 16-year-old male with unilateral gynecomastia discovered to have ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), treated by mastectomy with 4 year follow-up.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Breast Neoplasms, Male / complications
  • Breast Neoplasms, Male / surgery*
  • Carcinoma in Situ / complications
  • Carcinoma in Situ / surgery*
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / complications
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / surgery*
  • Gynecomastia / complications
  • Gynecomastia / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mastectomy / methods