Fibroadenoma in Male Breast: A Case Report

Abstract

Fibroadenoma of breast is very common in females, but a rarity in males. Gynecomastia and pseudogynecomastia is a common presentation. A case of fibroadenoma with concurrent gynecomastia in a young male is presented below.

Idiopathic fibroadenoma in an elderly man

“…Here, we present an elderly man with a left breast fibroadenoma alongside a history of ischaemic heart disease and associated severe complications. Notably, most fibroadenomas in men demonstrate a strong association with gynecomastia,5–18 which was not present in our patient.…”

“…A fibroadenoma within the male breast tissue is a rarely diagnosed lesion. A review of the literature available in English reveals only 19 previously published case reports/series encompassing 21 patients as shown in table 1 5–23…”

Management of patient presenting with breast fibroadenoma and medullary thyroid cancer in a young male: A case report and review of the literature

“…Fibroadenoma of the male breast is a rarely diagnosed lesion, and only 17 cases of this disorder have been reported in the English literature so far as shown in Table 1 [ [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] , [17] , [18] , [19] , [20] , [21] ]. Gynecomastia is the most common benign disorder in the male breast [ [22] , [23] , [24] ].…”

“…Gynecomastia is the most common benign disorder in the male breast [ [22] , [23] , [24] ]. This disorder has high concurrence with male fibroadenomas [ [6] , [7] , [8] ].…”