BACKGROUND Gynaecomastia is a benign enlargement of male breast. It is common in the general population, resulting from various pathophysiological mechanisms. The aim of this study was to describe the presentation and outcome of treatment for gynaecomastia at a University Hospital in Pakistan. METHODS A three year retrospective study was carried out of one hundred men with gynaecomastia. Pati...

PURPOSE Breast conservation surgery (BCS) has become a standard treatment method for patients with early breast cancer. Endoscopy-assisted BCS (EABCS) can be performed through an inconspicuous periareolar and a small axillary incision for sentinel node biopsy, which may give better cosmetic outcomes than conventional BCS skin incisions. This study was designed to evaluate the feasibility of EAB...

Granular cell tumor of the male breast is an extremely rare neoplasm. The case of a 64-year-old man with a periareolar lump in the upper medial quadrant of his left breast of recent onset is reported. At clinical examination, it was a poorly circumscribed, irregular, hard, mobile 1 cm mass. No axillary lymph nodes were palpable. The patient was submitted to ultrasound scan which showed a 1 cm p...

669 IMAGES injection to correct defects in the upper and inner portion of both breasts using fat obtained through liposuction, 40 days before presentation at our hospital. Her initial surgery was performed in an aesthetic plastic surgery clinic, and the amount of fat extracted and transplanted was not precisely known. Ten days before presentation at our hospital, the patient visited the clinic ...

purpose: to evaluate the outcomes of keratorefractive surgery for correction of postkeratoplasty astigmatism in keratoconus. methods: in this retrospective study, surgical records of 45 eyes of 45 patients that underwent relaxing incisions with or without compressive sutures were evaluated. the minimum interval between complete suture removal and operation was 1 month. location and extent of in...