Author(s)

Arit Ntekim¹, Magdalena Salvador²

¹Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA.
²Department of Radiology, University Hospital of New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA.

Gynecomastia is a common finding in male patients, however, abscess is a rare finding in male patients. Typical management for benign gynecomastia is to continued surveillance and no additional annual imaging is required [1]. Breast abscess in male is managed with incision and drainage and antibiotics [2], however, the management of gynecomastia superimposed with recurrent ab-scess does not have clear management and should be managed on an indi-vidual basis. We present a case of a 44-year-old man who with a recurrent left breast abscess in addition to persistent gynecomastia. The abscess was drained and cultured. The culture grew Citrobacter koseri(diversus) and patient was placed on Bactrim DS for 7 days and was referred to the breast clinic for fur-ther evaluation. This study aims to elucidate and review the literature to iden-tify similar cases and potential management of male patients with recurrent abscess and gynecomastia.

Gynecomastia, Subareolar Abscess

Ntekim, A. and Salvador, M. (2023) Benign Gynecomastia with Abscess. Open Journal of Radiology, 13, 256-261. doi: 10.4236/ojrad.2023.134026.