The galactocele of male infants: an intriguing entity. Study and reflection about a case, with review of the literature.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2011
Abstract
In this report, the authors investigate and discuss a galactocele that developed in the breast of a 5-month-old male. Based on the histological and immunohistochemical findings, they suggest that the rare and intriguing process that is exclusively observed in males in the absence of any detectable hormonal stimulation at time of investigation could represent a developmental anomaly possibly promoted by an obstructive phenomenon involving a defect of hollowing of some primary epidermal buds, the precursors of the mammary ducts.
Volume
14
Issue
2
First Page
144
Last Page
148
ISSN
1093-5266
Published In/Presented At
de Chadarévian, J. P., Arthur, L. G., Rezvani, G. A., Duke, D. S., Davis, W. J., & Faerber, E. N. (2011). The galactocele of male infants: an intriguing entity. Study and reflection about a case, with review of the literature. Pediatric and developmental pathology : the official journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology and the Paediatric Pathology Society, 14(2), 144–148. https://doi.org/10.2350/10-05-0827-CR.1
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
20718614
Department(s)
Department of Pediatrics, Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article