RESUMO
La lepra es una de las causas de ginecotelia, sin embargo poco se ha publicado sobre este signo común y generalmente ignorado. La prevalencia de ginecomastia, una complicación bien conocida de la lepra en pacientes varones adultos, es poco reportada. El tratamiento temprano tiene un efecto notable en la reducción de la misma. Presentamos el caso de un varón con lepra multibacilar con ginecotelia y ginecomastia, en el curso de la enfermedad
Leprosy is one of the causes of gynaecothelia, however little has been published on this common and generally ignored sign. The prevalence of gynecomastia, a well known leprosy complication in adult male patients, is little reported. Early treatment has a marked effect in reducing it. Here we present the case of a man with multibacillary leprosy who had been associated gynaecothelia and gynecomastia in the course of the disease
Assuntos
Humanos , Masculino , Hanseníase/patologia , Hanseníase/transmissão , Ginecomastia/fisiopatologia , Ginecomastia/congênito , Quimioterapia Combinada/instrumentação , Quimioterapia Combinada/métodos , Dermatopatias/patologia , Neoplasias da Mama Masculina/tratamento farmacológico , Hanseníase/congênito , Hanseníase/complicações , Ginecomastia/genética , Ginecomastia/metabolismo , Quimioterapia Combinada/psicologia , Quimioterapia Combinada , Dermatopatias/metabolismo , Neoplasias da Mama Masculina/complicaçõesRESUMO
Impotency, sterility, loss of libido, loss of sexual hair and gynecomastia are well documented in patients suffering from leprosy. They occur with greater frequency in lepromatous leprosy as compared to dimorphous and tuberculois types.