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. 2012 Nov;39(6):675-8.
doi: 10.5999/aps.2012.39.6.675. Epub 2012 Nov 14.

Unilateral gynecomastia in a tennis player

Sang Gue Kang  1 , Woo Jin Song, Chul Han Kim, Ju Won Kim, Min Sung Tark
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Unilateral gynecomastia in a tennis player

Sang Gue Kang et al. Arch Plast Surg. 2012 Nov.
No abstract available

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Figures

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Fig. 1
The dissected specimen measured 10×5×1.5 cm and weighed 83 g.
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Fig. 2
(A) Preoperative and (B) postoperative view of the patient 7 months after undergoing right subcutaneous mastectomy.
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Fig. 3
Histopathologic findings of gynecomastia. (A) The presence of ducts is noted on the background of the dense fibrous stroma (H&E, ×12.5). (B) The pointed black arrow indicates a duct in the gynecomastia showing typical columnar duct epithelium with scattered basal cells. The nuclei are regular, without visible nucleoli, and without mitoses (H&E, ×400).
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