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Pseudogynecomastia secondary to injection of heroin into breast tissue
Archives of Internal Medicine
|March 1, 1978
Abstract:
A 50-year-old man who has a heroin addict developed bilateral, symmetrical swelling of the breasts as a result of injecting himself directly into the breasts for several years. Results of histologic examination of the breast tissue showed granulomatous inflammation and a foreign body reaction without gynecomastia or tumor. Liver and endocrine functions were generally normal.

