The clinical epidemiologic investigation of gynecomastia in adolescent and the young males / 中国现代普通外科进展

ABSTRACT

Objective:To get the message of clinical epidemiologic characteristics of gynecomastia in adolescent or the young males.Methods:The statistic software of SPSS was used to analyze the 1998 male graduates investigated in the study with the questionnaire.Results:①71.4% people had experienced gynecomastia ever in the past years,with onset of illness(12.6?1.9)years;last time(1.33?0.52)years;23.9% displayed widespread enlargement and 76.1% showed lump.80.1% displayed the diameter of 1~2cm.87.6% were bilateral enlargement and 5.7% in left,6.7% in right,71.2% accompanied with tenderness and 21.7% with nipple discharge.The rate of self-extinction was 97.8%.②98 of 1998(4.15%)male patients have gynecomastia now.With onset of illness(mean age 13.31?2.24),last time (mean4.30?4.83),the diameter of breast(7.9?4.8)cm,areola of breast(2.5?1.2)cm.27(32.5%)displayed widespread enlargement and 56(67.5%)showed lump.Other causes of gynecomastia include 65(78.6%)were bilateral enlargement and 10(12.1%)in left,8(9.3%)in right,18(21.6%)accompanied with tenderness and 13(15.7%)with nipple discharge.③The incidence of a disease,rate of self-extinction,last time,enlargement area and the tenderness of touch showed a sigernificent difference in the groups of adolescent and young males with gynecomastia(P