Finasteride induced Gynecomastia: Case report and Review of the Literature

Finasteride (1 mg/day) is widely utilized by dermatologists for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia. Although enjoying a relatively good safety profile, several sex-related adverse effects have been reported with this drug. Here we report two cases of gynecomastia, one of them bilateral, caused b...

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Autores principales: Ramot, Yuval, Czarnowicki, Tali, Zlotogorski, Abraham
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2929552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20805972
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.51930
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author Ramot, Yuval
Czarnowicki, Tali
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description Finasteride (1 mg/day) is widely utilized by dermatologists for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia. Although enjoying a relatively good safety profile, several sex-related adverse effects have been reported with this drug. Here we report two cases of gynecomastia, one of them bilateral, caused by Propecia(®) prescribed for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia. Although relatively rare, physicians should be aware of this side effect and inform their patients when prescribing this medication.
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spelling pubmed-29295522010-08-30 Finasteride induced Gynecomastia: Case report and Review of the Literature Ramot, Yuval Czarnowicki, Tali Zlotogorski, Abraham Int J Trichology Brief Communication Finasteride (1 mg/day) is widely utilized by dermatologists for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia. Although enjoying a relatively good safety profile, several sex-related adverse effects have been reported with this drug. Here we report two cases of gynecomastia, one of them bilateral, caused by Propecia(®) prescribed for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia. Although relatively rare, physicians should be aware of this side effect and inform their patients when prescribing this medication. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC2929552/ /pubmed/20805972 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.51930 Text en © International Journal of Trichology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ramot, Yuval
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Finasteride induced Gynecomastia: Case report and Review of the Literature
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title_full Finasteride induced Gynecomastia: Case report and Review of the Literature
title_fullStr Finasteride induced Gynecomastia: Case report and Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed Finasteride induced Gynecomastia: Case report and Review of the Literature
title_short Finasteride induced Gynecomastia: Case report and Review of the Literature
title_sort finasteride induced gynecomastia: case report and review of the literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2929552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20805972
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.51930
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