Galactocele in a Male Child: A case report.
- Author:
Yoon Mi JEEN
;
Yoon Jeong CHOI
;
Dong Wha LEE
;
Chan Il PARK
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Galactocele;
Breast enlargement;
Cystic disease
- MeSH:
Child;
Male;
Female;
Humans;
Cysts
- From:Korean Journal of Pathology
1996;30(2):164-165
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We investigated a unilocular mammary cyst occurring in a two and a half year old male baby. The cyst was lined by simple columnar epithelium and filled with a milky secretory material. These histologic features were consistent with galactocele. The child had enlarged left breast since birth, but it seemed to be noncontributory as the child had neither endocrine abnormalities nor perinatal disorders. Galactocele is an uncommon breast lesion usually occuring in females following lactation. It is rarely a cause of breast enlargement.
