Classification and grading of gynaecomastia: a review
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1009-4598.2019.10.019
- VernacularTitle: 男性乳房发育的分类与分级
- Author:
Lingfeng CHEN
1
;
Baojin WU
1
Author Information
1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Gynaecomastia;
Classification;
Grading
- From:
Chinese Journal of Plastic Surgery
2019;35(10):1045-1048
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Gynaecomastia is a kind of benign and hyperplastic disease of male breast tissue. Based on the literature at home and abroad, different classification or standard of gynaecomastia has been expounded respectively from the pathogenesis, age, pathology, degree and iconography, and several common classification has been compared. Summarizing the advantages and disadvantages of these classification standards, evidence can be provided for clinical diagnosis and preoperative assessment of gynaecomastia, improvement direction can be offered for domestic classification criteria.
