Symptomatic Benign Breast Cyst in a Young Male

Simple breast cysts are benign lesions diagnosed in premenopausal women commonly presenting with a palpable breast lump. They are, however, extremely rare in males due to the absence of lobular tissue in the male breast. We report a case of a benign breast cyst in a 19-year-old male who presented wi...

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Main Authors: Kheng, Hooi Chan, Wee, Yi Lim, Chang, Haur Lee, Siti Zubaidah Sharif, Firdaus Hayati, Nornazirah Azizan, Azlanudin Azman
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spelling my.ums.eprints.328092022-06-16T07:15:23Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32809/ Symptomatic Benign Breast Cyst in a Young Male Kheng, Hooi Chan Wee, Yi Lim Chang, Haur Lee Siti Zubaidah Sharif Firdaus Hayati Nornazirah Azizan Azlanudin Azman RC254-282 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology Including cancer and carcinogens Simple breast cysts are benign lesions diagnosed in premenopausal women commonly presenting with a palpable breast lump. They are, however, extremely rare in males due to the absence of lobular tissue in the male breast. We report a case of a benign breast cyst in a 19-year-old male who presented with a left breast lump and nipple discharge. Clinical examination revealed a non-tender 2x2 cm mobile retro-areolar lump in the left breast with clear serous nipple discharge upon milking of the duct. Ultrasonography showed typical features suggestive of a simple breast cyst and fine needle aspiration cytology revealed epithelial cells of apocrine origin, thus confirming the diagnosis. We review the literature and discuss the approach to investigation of these uncommon lesions presented in males. Türkiye Klinikleri 2022 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32809/1/Symptomatic%20Benign%20Breast%20Cyst%20in%20a%20Young%20Male.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32809/2/Symptomatic%20Benign%20Breast%20Cyst%20in%20a%20Young%20Male1.pdf Kheng, Hooi Chan and Wee, Yi Lim and Chang, Haur Lee and Siti Zubaidah Sharif and Firdaus Hayati and Nornazirah Azizan and Azlanudin Azman (2022) Symptomatic Benign Breast Cyst in a Young Male. Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences, 42. pp. 66-68. ISSN 1300-0292 https://www.turkiyeklinikleri.com/article/tr-symptomatic-benign-breast-cyst-in-a-young-male-97437.html https://doi.org/10.5336/medsci.2021-81698
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topic RC254-282 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology Including cancer and carcinogens
spellingShingle RC254-282 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology Including cancer and carcinogens
Kheng, Hooi Chan
Wee, Yi Lim
Chang, Haur Lee
Siti Zubaidah Sharif
Firdaus Hayati
Nornazirah Azizan
Azlanudin Azman
Symptomatic Benign Breast Cyst in a Young Male
description Simple breast cysts are benign lesions diagnosed in premenopausal women commonly presenting with a palpable breast lump. They are, however, extremely rare in males due to the absence of lobular tissue in the male breast. We report a case of a benign breast cyst in a 19-year-old male who presented with a left breast lump and nipple discharge. Clinical examination revealed a non-tender 2x2 cm mobile retro-areolar lump in the left breast with clear serous nipple discharge upon milking of the duct. Ultrasonography showed typical features suggestive of a simple breast cyst and fine needle aspiration cytology revealed epithelial cells of apocrine origin, thus confirming the diagnosis. We review the literature and discuss the approach to investigation of these uncommon lesions presented in males.
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author Kheng, Hooi Chan
Wee, Yi Lim
Chang, Haur Lee
Siti Zubaidah Sharif
Firdaus Hayati
Nornazirah Azizan
Azlanudin Azman
author_facet Kheng, Hooi Chan
Wee, Yi Lim
Chang, Haur Lee
Siti Zubaidah Sharif
Firdaus Hayati
Nornazirah Azizan
Azlanudin Azman
author_sort Kheng, Hooi Chan
title Symptomatic Benign Breast Cyst in a Young Male
title_short Symptomatic Benign Breast Cyst in a Young Male
title_full Symptomatic Benign Breast Cyst in a Young Male
title_fullStr Symptomatic Benign Breast Cyst in a Young Male
title_full_unstemmed Symptomatic Benign Breast Cyst in a Young Male
title_sort symptomatic benign breast cyst in a young male
publisher Türkiye Klinikleri
publishDate 2022
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32809/1/Symptomatic%20Benign%20Breast%20Cyst%20in%20a%20Young%20Male.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32809/2/Symptomatic%20Benign%20Breast%20Cyst%20in%20a%20Young%20Male1.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32809/
https://www.turkiyeklinikleri.com/article/tr-symptomatic-benign-breast-cyst-in-a-young-male-97437.html
https://doi.org/10.5336/medsci.2021-81698
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