Fibroadenoma in the male breast: Truth or Myth?
Puneet Agarwal, Gaurav Kohli
Department of General Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, India
Abstract
Truth or myth is seldom encountered in the practice of surgery, especially in cases of breast diseases. Yet, even after thousands of years of treating breast disease by surgeons/healers, fibroadenoma in the male breast seems to be a myth, due to the absence of fibro-glandular tissue. We wish to break this myth by our own experience as well as other studies by others all over the world, and unveil the truth that fibroadenoma in the male breast is a definitive entity and has a prevalence among the vast spectrum of breast diseases.
Keywords: Male, breast, fibroadenoma, tumour, benign lesion
Written informed consent was obtained from patients who participated in this study.
Externally peer-reviewed.
Concept – P.A.; Design – P.A.; Supervision – P.A.; Resources – P.A.; Materials – P.A.; Data Collection and/or Processing – P.A.; Analysis and/or Interpretation – P.A.; Literature Search – G.K.; Writing Manuscript – P.A.; Critical Review – G.K.; Other – P.A.
No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.
The authors declared that this study has received no financial support.