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Gynecomastia Causes Majority of Male Breast Pain

Jinekomasti Erişkin Erkeklerde Meme Ağrılarının Çoğunluğundan Sorumludur

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29–33
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2022-10-11
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Physicians should consider gynecomastia in the differential diagnosis of male breast pain and perform a breast examination in addition to a detailed patient history.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objective: Pain is the most common symptom of the breast and accounts for 47% of breast related visits.
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Key Findings & Data:Materials and Methods: Patients who admitted to our department’s breast clinic due to breast pain between October 2014 and September 2017 included into the study.
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Conclusion & Impact:Physicians should consider gynecomastia in the differential diagnosis of male breast pain and perform a breast examination in addition to a detailed patient history.
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Abstract

Objective: Pain is the most common symptom of the breast and accounts for 47% of breast related visits. Although hormonal, pathologic, nutritional, and psychiatric aspects of breast pain in females extensively researched, to the best of our knowledge breast pain in males has not been studied. Our aim in this study is to investigate clinical features of male breast pain and compare them with female breast pain. Materials and Methods: Patients who admitted to our department’s breast clinic due to breast pain between October 2014 and September 2017 included into the study. Clinical features of the male breast pain were collected and compared with female breast pain patients. Results: There were 10 male and 40 female patients. Mean age was 55 ± 23 and 43.4 ± 13 years; the mean pain intensity score was 4.2 ± 2.2 and 5.2 ± 2.1 for the male and female patients respectively. Sonography revealed 12 (30 %) simple cyst, 2 (5 %) complex cyst, 12 (30 %) solid mass, 2 (5 %) mastitis, and 12 (30 %) normal findings in the female patients; and 9 (90 %) gynecomastia and 1 pseudo-gynecomastia (10%) in the male patients. Conclusion: To the best of our knowledge, this article is the first article in the literature investigating male breast pain and comparing them with female breast pain. We found that majority of males who present with breast pain have underlying gynecomastia. Physicians should consider gynecomastia in the differential diagnosis of male breast pain and perform a breast examination in addition to a detailed patient history.

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Giriş: Ağrı memenin en sık görülen semptomudur ve meme kliniklerine başvuruların %47’sini oluşturmaktadır. Kadınlarda meme ağrısının hormonal, patolojik, nutrisyonel ve psikiyatrik yönleri geniş olarak araştırılsa da şu anki bilgilerimiz ışığında erkeklerde meme ağrısının sebepleri araştırılmamıştır. Bu çalışmada amacımız erkeklerde meme ağrısının klinik özelliklerini araştırmak ve kadınlarla kıyaslamaktır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Hastanemiz meme kliniğine Ekim 2014 ve Eylül 2017 arasında meme ağrısı ile başvuran hastalar çalışmaya dahil edildi. Meme ağrısı şikayeti ile başvuran erkek hastalar kadın hastalarla kıyaslandı. Sonuçlar: 10 erkek 40 kadın hasta çalışmaya dahil edildi. Erkek ve kadın hastalar için sırasıyla ortalama yaş 55 ± 23 ve 43.4 ± 13 yıl, ortalama görsel ağrı skoru 4.2 ± 2.2 ve 5.2 ± 2.1 idi. Ultrasonografik incelemede kadınlarda 12 (30 %) basit kist, 2 (5 %) kompleks kist, 12 (30 %) solid kitle, 2 (5 %) mastit, ve 12 (30 %) normal bulgu saptanırken erkeklerde 9 (90 %) jinekomasti ve 1 psödo-jinekomasti saptandı. Tartışma: Şu anki bilgilerimiz ışığında bu çalışma literatürde erkek meme ağrısının klinik özelliklerini kadın hastalar ile kıyaslayan ilk çalışmadır. Meme ağrısı olan erkek hastaların büyük çoğunluğunda jinekomasti olduğunu saptadık. Hekimler jinekomastiyi erkek meme ağrılarının ayırıcı tanısında düşünmeli ve detaylı bir anamnezin yanı sıra meme muayenesi de yapmalıdırlar.

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ÖZCAN, Ö., NAZLI, O., DÖNMEZ, C., ACARBAŞ, A., ELİBOL, F., BELLİ, A. K. (2022). Gynecomastia Causes Majority of Male Breast Pain. Ege Klinikleri Tıp Dergisi, Cilt: 57 - Sayı: 1, 29–33. https://ajindex.com/articles/495676

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