Ginecomastia

fisiopatologia, avaliação e tratamento

Autores

  • Alfredo Carlos Simões Dornellas de Barros Hospital Sírio-Libanês
  • Marcelo de Castro Moura Sampaio Hospital Sírio-Libanês

Palavras-chave:

Mama, Ginecomastia, Cirurgia, Adolescente, Doenças do sistema endócrino

Resumo

A ginecomastia (GM) é caracterizada pelo aumento do volume mamário em homens, provocada por proliferação glandular e depósito de gordura. É comum e pode ocorrer em adolescentes, adultos e idosos. O objetivo desta revisão é discutir a fisiopatologia, etiologia, avaliação clínica e terapia da GM. Um desequilíbrio entre estrogênios e androgênios é reconhecido como a condição fundamental para a determinação do quadro, podendo ser atribuído a fatores fisiológicos, tumores ou distúrbios endócrinos, doenças não-endócrinas, uso de drogas ou ser de causa idiopática. A avaliação clínica deve enfocar a confirmação diagnóstica, a procura de uma causa específica e a classificação em graus de gravidade para orientar o tratamento. Um roteiro de conduta individualizada é apresentado, variando entre perda de peso e explicações verbais, tratamento com tamoxifeno e correção cirúrgica. Para casos de GM persistente, os melhores resultados são obtidos em geral mediante abordagem cirúrgica, combinando lipoaspiração e adenectomia mamária.

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Biografia do Autor

Alfredo Carlos Simões Dornellas de Barros, Hospital Sírio-Libanês

MD, PhD. Coordinator of the Mastology Department, Hospital Sírio-Libanês, and Researcher in the Discipline of Human Structural Topography (LIM 02), Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, Brasil.

Marcelo de Castro Moura Sampaio, Hospital Sírio-Libanês

MD, MSc. Plastic Surgeon in the Mastology Department, Hospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, Brasil.

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Barros ACSD de, Sampaio M de CM. Ginecomastia: fisiopatologia, avaliação e tratamento. Sao Paulo Med J [Internet]. 5º de maio de 2012 [citado 10º de março de 2025];130(3):187-9. Disponível em: https://periodicosapm.emnuvens.com.br/spmj/article/view/1452

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