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==Gynecomastoid hyperplasia==
==Gynecomastoid hyperplasia==
*[[AKA]] ''gynecomastia''.
*[[AKA]] ''gynecomastia''.
 
{{Main|Gynecomastoid hyperplasia}}
===General===
*Benign enlargement of breasts in males.
**Histologic changes may be seen in females.<ref name=stony03>URL: [http://www.hsc.stonybrook.edu/breast-atlas/XIII-03.htm http://www.hsc.stonybrook.edu/breast-atlas/XIII-03.htm]. Accessed on: 16 November 2011.</ref>
 
May be seen in the context of:
*[[Liver]] failure.
*[[Klinefelter syndrome]].
*Testicular estrogen-producing [[germ cell tumour]]. 
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=stony03>URL: [http://www.hsc.stonybrook.edu/breast-atlas/XIII-03.htm http://www.hsc.stonybrook.edu/breast-atlas/XIII-03.htm]. Accessed on: 16 November 2011.</ref>
*Moderate hyperplasia.
**Glands have more than 2 cell layers.
*"Budding" - individual cells jut into the lumen - '''key feature'''.
**Buds may be multicellular; however, narrower toward the centre of the lumen.
*Stromal palor.<ref>URL: [http://radiology.uchc.edu/eAtlas/Breast/1693.htm http://radiology.uchc.edu/eAtlas/Breast/1693.htm]. Accessed on: 16 November 2011.</ref>
 
DDx:
*[[Micropapillary DCIS]] - buds not narrower toward the centre of the lumen.
 
====Images====
<gallery>
Image:Gynecomastoid_hyperplasia_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Gynecomastoid hyperplasia - intermed. mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Gynecomastoid_hyperplasia_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Gynecomastoid hyperplasia - very high mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Gynecomastoid_hyperplasia_-2-_intermed_mag.jpg | Gynecomastoid hyperplasia - 2 - intermed. mag. (WC/Nephron)
</gallery>
www:
*[http://www.hsc.stonybrook.edu/breast-atlas/XIII-03.htm Gynecomastoid hyperplasia (stonybrook.edu)].
*[http://radiology.uchc.edu/eAtlas/Breast/1693.htm Gynecomastia (radiology.uchc.edu)].


=Lesions with increased risk of malignancy=
=Lesions with increased risk of malignancy=
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