The Impact and Management of Gynaecomastia in Klinefelter Syndrome

Gynecomastia is defined as a palpable enlargement of the male breast, secondary to an increase in the glandular and stromal breast tissue. Gynecomastia is encountered in up to 80% of Klinefelter syndrome cases. The pathophysiology involves testosterone/estrogen imbalance. This review article will fu...

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Autores principales: Raheem, Amr Abdel, Zaghloul, Ahmed Said, Sadek, Ahmed M. G., Rayes, Bilal, Abdel-Raheem, Tarek M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Reproductive Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9580767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36303983
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frph.2021.629673
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description Gynecomastia is defined as a palpable enlargement of the male breast, secondary to an increase in the glandular and stromal breast tissue. Gynecomastia is encountered in up to 80% of Klinefelter syndrome cases. The pathophysiology involves testosterone/estrogen imbalance. This review article will further explore the pathophysiology of gynecomastia along with the different lines of management.
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spelling pubmed-95807672022-10-26 The Impact and Management of Gynaecomastia in Klinefelter Syndrome Raheem, Amr Abdel Zaghloul, Ahmed Said Sadek, Ahmed M. G. Rayes, Bilal Abdel-Raheem, Tarek M. Front Reprod Health Reproductive Health Gynecomastia is defined as a palpable enlargement of the male breast, secondary to an increase in the glandular and stromal breast tissue. Gynecomastia is encountered in up to 80% of Klinefelter syndrome cases. The pathophysiology involves testosterone/estrogen imbalance. This review article will further explore the pathophysiology of gynecomastia along with the different lines of management. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9580767/ /pubmed/36303983 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frph.2021.629673 Text en Copyright © 2021 Raheem, Zaghloul, Sadek, Rayes and Abdel-Raheem. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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The Impact and Management of Gynaecomastia in Klinefelter Syndrome
title The Impact and Management of Gynaecomastia in Klinefelter Syndrome
title_full The Impact and Management of Gynaecomastia in Klinefelter Syndrome
title_fullStr The Impact and Management of Gynaecomastia in Klinefelter Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed The Impact and Management of Gynaecomastia in Klinefelter Syndrome
title_short The Impact and Management of Gynaecomastia in Klinefelter Syndrome
title_sort impact and management of gynaecomastia in klinefelter syndrome
topic Reproductive Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9580767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36303983
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frph.2021.629673
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