ECR 2007 / C-123
Sono-mammographic diagnosis of gynecomastia
Type:
Educational Exhibit
Authors:
N. M. Abdel Razek; Cairo/EG
Conclusions
- Diagnosis of gynaecomastia is very easy when it is a bilateral disease and if there is history of endogenous or exogenous factor.
- Mammography is recommended for evaluation of male breast if the differential diagnosis between gynaecomastia and fatty enlargement is not clinically evident and in all cases of unilateral breast enlargement .
- Utrasound is a complementary method to mammography adding to the diagnostic accuracy and is as well used to provide guidance to FNAB in questionable cases.
- Sono-mammographic crieteria used for differentiation between malignant & benign breast conditions in female breasts , can be safely applied in male breast.
- Sono-mammography has provided satisfactory results in diagnosing gynecomastia as a commonest cause of breast lump in males & moreover the radiographic findings were correlating well with the different histological patterns in relation to the duration.