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Target audience:

This Case Study is tailored to health professionals, medical oncologists, oncological urologists, radiotherapists and surgical oncologists.

 

Expected learning outcome:

1. Causes of gynecomastia

2. Gynecomastia and testicular cancer

 

May 2010: Gynecomastia in a young man

 

Background information

 

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A 32-year old man consulted for a gynecomastia since 1 month. He has been feeling a tension at the level of the breast region for 6 weeks. He was also complaining of a slight cough.

 

He was a teacher and had a blanco medical history besides a hypospermia and fathered two children by in vitro fertilisation. His familial medical history was normal.

 

On clinical examination there was a gynecomastia and a rough vesicular respiration.

 

Testicular examination showed a nodule at the right testis.

 

His weight was 72 kg for a length of 1.74 m.

 

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What is your diagnosis? 

 

Authors: Dirk Schrijvers1 , Mark Sorber 2, Peter Van Erps 2, Filip Stessels 3

1. Dept of Medical Oncology, ZNA-Middelheim

2. Dept of Urology, ZNA-Middelheim

3. Dept of Pathology, ZNA-Middelheim

 


 

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