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Bilateral gynaecomastia as the primary complaint in hyperthyroidism
Y K Tan1, C R Birch, D Valerio
1Department of Surgery, Grantham and District Hospital, Grantham, Lincolnshire NG31 8DG, UK.
Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
|August 2, 2001
Abstract:
Association of gynaecomastia with hyperthyroidism is uncommon but has been well documented in the past. Gynaecomastia in a patient with hyperthyroidism rarely presents as a primary complaint. When this occurs, it may present a diagnostic challenge to the clinician. We present the case of a patient who was referred initially to the breast clinic with bilateral gynaecomastia. Hyperthyroidism was subsequently confirmed and treated; gynaecomastia regressed with return to the euthyroid state.