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A 6-month-old boy with bilateral breast enlargement
  1. Gülay Karagüzel1,
  2. Sibel Kul2,
  3. Mustafa İmamoğlu3,
  4. Ayşenur Ökten1,
  5. Güngör Karagüzel4
  1. 1Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Karadeniz Technical University, School of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey
  2. 2Department of Radiology, Karadeniz Technical University, School of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey
  3. 3Department of Pediatric Surgery, Karadeniz Technical University, School of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey
  4. 4Department of Pediatric Surgery, Akdeniz University, School of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey
  1. Correspondence to Dr Gülay Karagüzel, Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Karadeniz Technical University, School of Medicine, Trabzon 61080, Turkey; karaguzelg{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2015-309415

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    A 6-month-old boy was referred to our clinic with a 4-month history of progressive bilateral breast enlargement (figure 1). There was no history of maternal medication, infection, trauma, nipple discharge, contact with oestrogen products or familial breast disorder. He had bilateral painless breast enlargement without nipple discharge and signs of inflammation. His testes were both palpable in the scrotum, measuring 2 mL in volume.

    Figure 1

    General appearance of the patient.

    There were no signs of other endocrine abnormalities.

    Questions

    1. From the patient's clinical presentation, what is the most likely diagnosis?

      1. Prepubertal gynaecomastia

      2. 46,XX disorder of sex development

      3. 17α-hydroxylase deficiency

      4. 46,XY disorder of sex development

      5. Breast abscess

    2. Other than breast ultrasound, which investigation(s) would you perform (multiple answers are possible)?

      1. Whole blood count and erythrocyte sedimentation rate

      2. Prolactin, total testosterone and oestradiol

      3. Free thyroxine, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and cortisol

      4. Human chorionic gonadotropic hormone

      5. Karyotype …

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    Footnotes

    • This case was presented as a poster at ESPE (European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology) Meeting 2013, Milan, Italy.

    • Contributors GülK: diagnosed and wrote the paper. SK: carried out the breast ultrasound and needle aspiration. AÖ: participated in the diagnostic and writing process. Mİ: carried out the surgical excision. GünK: participated in the diagnostic and writing process.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Parental/guardian consent obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.