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MON-079 Prepubertal Gynecomastia Secondary to Excessive Soy Consumption

Enlargement of breast tissue in males, or gynecomastia, is a rare condition in prepubescent boys. While the majority of cases are idiopathic, we describe an 8-year-old patient who developed unilateral gynecomastia secondary to marked dietary soy consumption. Soy products, particularly those consumed...

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Autores principales: Sea, Jessica, Abramyan, Mikayel, Chiu, Harvey Kenn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7208129/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvaa046.031
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description Enlargement of breast tissue in males, or gynecomastia, is a rare condition in prepubescent boys. While the majority of cases are idiopathic, we describe an 8-year-old patient who developed unilateral gynecomastia secondary to marked dietary soy consumption. Soy products, particularly those consumed by our patient, contain high levels of phytoestrogens which have been documented in limited case studies to contribute to abnormal development of breast tissue in adolescent and adult males. To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of gynecomastia occurring in a prepubescent patient resulting from excessive intake of dietary soy. Importantly, we also report a complete resolution of gynecomastia upon exclusion of dietary products containing significant amounts of soy. While soybeans and soy-derived products can be an important source of nutrition for some, those with abnormal sensitivity to phytoestrogens may benefit from limiting dietary soy consumption to avoid potential adverse effects, including gynecomastia.
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spelling pubmed-72081292020-05-13 MON-079 Prepubertal Gynecomastia Secondary to Excessive Soy Consumption Sea, Jessica Abramyan, Mikayel Chiu, Harvey Kenn J Endocr Soc Pediatric Endocrinology Enlargement of breast tissue in males, or gynecomastia, is a rare condition in prepubescent boys. While the majority of cases are idiopathic, we describe an 8-year-old patient who developed unilateral gynecomastia secondary to marked dietary soy consumption. Soy products, particularly those consumed by our patient, contain high levels of phytoestrogens which have been documented in limited case studies to contribute to abnormal development of breast tissue in adolescent and adult males. To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of gynecomastia occurring in a prepubescent patient resulting from excessive intake of dietary soy. Importantly, we also report a complete resolution of gynecomastia upon exclusion of dietary products containing significant amounts of soy. While soybeans and soy-derived products can be an important source of nutrition for some, those with abnormal sensitivity to phytoestrogens may benefit from limiting dietary soy consumption to avoid potential adverse effects, including gynecomastia. Oxford University Press 2020-05-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7208129/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvaa046.031 Text en © Endocrine Society 2020. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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title_fullStr MON-079 Prepubertal Gynecomastia Secondary to Excessive Soy Consumption
title_full_unstemmed MON-079 Prepubertal Gynecomastia Secondary to Excessive Soy Consumption
title_short MON-079 Prepubertal Gynecomastia Secondary to Excessive Soy Consumption
title_sort mon-079 prepubertal gynecomastia secondary to excessive soy consumption
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7208129/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvaa046.031
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