Male Breast Carcinoma after Irradiation and Long-Term Phenothiazine Exposure: A Case Report

We present a young male patient with breast cancer having several risk factors likely acting in consort: irradiation of the breast for gynecomastia in adolescence and a life-long administration of phenothiazine for schizophrenia from the age of 16 years, with elevated serum prolactin level resulting...

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Autores principales: Hultborn, Ragnar, Parris, Toshima Z., Helou, Khalil, Borg, Åke, De Lara, Shahin, Kovács, Anikó
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7506381/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32999655
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000509074
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Sumario:We present a young male patient with breast cancer having several risk factors likely acting in consort: irradiation of the breast for gynecomastia in adolescence and a life-long administration of phenothiazine for schizophrenia from the age of 16 years, with elevated serum prolactin level resulting in breast cancer development 24 years after irradiation.

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