Title: A FEMINIZING ADRENAL TUMOR CAUSING GYNECOMASTIA IN A BOY OF FIVE YEARS CONTRASTED WITH A VIRILIZING TUMOR IN A FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL
Abstract: TWO children, a boy and a girl, each 5 years old, with marked changes toward the adult characteristics of the opposite sex, were studied at about the same time in the Endocrine Clinic of the Harriet Lane Home. In each case an encapsulated adenoma of the right adrenal was successfully removed. The cases are of interest as examples of the difference in the hormonal effects of adrenal tumors and because hitherto no instance of gynecomastia due to adrenal tumor has been reported in a boy before puberty. Case 1. Donald G. (H.L.H. A 31153) came to our attention July, 1943, at the age of 4 years and 8 months because of large, well developed breasts. During the neonatal period hyperplasia of the breasts so common among newborns was not noted, but at the age of 6 months the breasts became enlarged and attained their present state of development by the age of 1 or 2 years. There had been no tenderness and no secretion. Except for the breasts, the boy's growth, development and general health had been normal in every way. He behaved like a normal boy and showed no feminine traits of personality.
Publication Year: 1948
Publication Date: 1948-02-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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