Surgical treatment of pubertal gynecomastia with infiltrative local anesthesia
Abstract
Introduction: gynecomastia is defined as the benign growth of the mammary gland of man, a secondary process to glandular proliferation. The aesthetic alterations that it causes have a negative impact on those who suffer from it. After two years, pharmacological treatment is not usually effective and surgery is recommended as the only option.
Objective: to present the case of a teenager diagnosed with pubertal gynecomastia and surgically treated. Despite being this frequent disease, few patients accept surgical treatment.
Case presentation: male patient of 16 years of age, white, with a history of overweight since childhood and no disease associated with his current condition. He reported that approximately from 11 or 12 years old he noticed an increase in the nipple volume, associated with pain of moderate intensity at the pressure and palpation. He underwent laboratory tests to rule out a possible hormonal disorder and a diagnostic ultrasound of both breasts. Surgery was recommended as a viable option (simple liposuction, combined with bilateral adenectomy). This patient was the first pediatric case surgically treated at the institution using infiltrative local anesthesia.
Conclusions: when spontaneous regression to the normal state does not occur, the only treatment option is surgical intervention, which few patients accept. In this case, the affected youth and his family gave their consent for the operation, which gave the expected results from the aesthetic point of viewDownloads
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