Causes of gynecomastia
- Cirrhosis liver
- Lepromatous leprosy
- Hemochromatosis
- Myotonic dystrophy
- Klinefelter syndrome
- Estrogen secreting tumors of adrenal gland
- Testicular atrophy
- In males at puberty
- African human trypanosomiasis
- Drugs:
a. Estrogen for cancer prostate
b. Digitalis
c. Spironolactone
d. Cimetidine
e. Alpha methyldopa
f. Reserpine
g. Busulfan - Hepatoma – painful gynecomastia
- Hyperthyroidism
- Leukemia
- Lymphoma
- Bronchogenic carcinoma (adenocarcinoma and large cell
carcinoma) - Prostatic malignancy treatment with estrogen