[Incidence and treatment of gynecomastia]

The authors discuss a group of 128 men with gynaecomastia, examined and treated in a clinic for diseases of the mammary gland in the course of 10 years. Consistent with data in the literature, they used in the majority of young men under 25 years of age as a rule conservative treatment. In older men a surgical approach was indicated in cca 50%. The operations were made in the majority under local anaesthesia with a favourable cosmetic effect.