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MALE BREAST AT AUTOPSY
Author(s) -
ANDERSEN JOHAN A.,
GRAM JØRGEN B.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica series a :pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0108-0164
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1982.tb00081_90a.x
Subject(s) - pagetoid , medicine , cribriform , autopsy , pathology , clinical significance , carcinoma , immunohistochemistry
In a consecutive and unselected series of 100 male autopsies, the breasts were totally extirpated and histologically investigated. Gynecomasty was found in 55 cases, of which 48 were in healed and seven in still active, intermediate phase. All but two cases were bilateral. No clinical evidence of gynecomasty was established in any case. Thus, gynecomasty seems to be very common in men. In seven cases. severe intraductal epithelial hyperplasia was found, three of pagetoid and four of cribriform type. They belonged to the atypical hyperplastic – early intraductal carcinoma type. All cases were incidentally found and without known clinical relevance.