Breast Cancer Surgery Unit, Army General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
IASO Women's Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Breast Dis. 2021;40(3):207-211. doi: 10.3233/BD-201064.
Cysts represent the most common cause of a breast mass in women. On the contrary, in men, the presence of a benign apocrine cyst is an exceedingly rare occurrence, with only a few cases reported in the literature. We describe herein a case of benign apocrine breast cyst without concurrent gynecomastia in a 41-year-old male. Diagnostic evaluation and management are discussed, along with a review of the literature. Given the extreme rarity of benign breast cysts in males, a thorough investigation is essential in male patients presenting with cystic breast lesions. Diagnostic breast imaging may be challenging. Surgical resection of the cyst should be considered in the presence of atypical imaging features to exclude underlying malignancy.
囊肿是女性乳房肿块最常见的原因。相反，在男性中，良性顶泌汗腺囊肿极为罕见，文献中仅报道了少数病例。我们在此描述了 1 例 41 岁男性的良性顶泌性乳腺囊肿，无伴发男性乳房发育症。讨论了诊断评估和治疗方法，并对文献进行了回顾。鉴于男性良性乳腺囊肿极为罕见，对于出现囊性乳腺病变的男性患者，必须进行彻底的检查。乳腺影像学诊断可能具有挑战性。如果存在不典型的影像学特征，应考虑手术切除囊肿以排除潜在恶性肿瘤。
