Open AccessDuctal carcinoma in situ in a 35-year-old male presenting with ipslateral gynecomastia
Author(s) -
Chih-Jen Huang,
Jenn-Perng Chen,
Hwei-Jen Lin,
Hsien-Pin Sun
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
formosan journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2213-5413
pISSN - 1682-606X
DOI - 10.4103/fjs.fjs_1_17
Subject(s) - gynecomastia , medicine , ductal carcinoma , carcinoma in situ , carcinoma , surgery , in situ , breast cancer , cancer , physics , meteorology
Concomitant ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and ipslateral gynecomastia (GM) are very rarely reported in male <40. We report an unusual case of a 35-year-old male, with no familial history of breast cancer, presented with unilateral GM, diffuse type. After subcutaneous mastectomy for his unilateral GM, a 0.7 cm × 0.3 cm DCIS lesion was incidentally found without clinical symptom. About 14%–43% of patients with DCIS have the potential of evolving into an invasive tumor in the subsequent 10–20 years. Our case emphasizes the rare incidence of DCIS in male breast and the presence of concurrent GM can frequently result in misdiagnosis. In patients with rapid growth in breast tissue should be cautious of cancer in young men with GM