Development of Some Female Secondary Sex Characters in an Adult Male
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Mr. X, Hindu, male, aged 24 years, married at 18 years and had got a male child of 2^ years age. He says at 21 years of age, i.e., about three years ago, his breasts started to develop, and at present they are fairly big in size. The lumps inside get periodically swollen and become painful, but there is no secretion up till now. He says since his breasts started developing his voice is becoming sharper, and his penis and testicles
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