Benign Enlargement of the Male Breast

Abstract

VARIOUS methods of management of gynecomastia have been recorded in detail in the literature,^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11} but none of the authors have sufficiently stressed conservative treatment. This article discusses 351 cases of benign enlargement of the male breast in 307 patients treated at the Tumor Clinic of the Massachusetts General Hospital, the Huntington Hospital and the Pondville State Hospital. None of the 307 patients had any sexual abnormalities or endocrine or liver dysfunction. Patients who had been on stilbestrol or estrogen therapy are not included.The exact frequency of mammoplasia in the male is unknown. Since the process is usually self-limited, relatively . . .