Manas KotepuiDuangjai PiwkhamChaowanee ChupeerachApiram SongsriWalailak UniversityMahidol UniversityHatyai Hospital2018-11-092018-11-092014-01-01Asian Biomedicine. Vol.8, No.4 (2014), 511-5151875855X190574152-s2.0-84908457388https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/33402© 2013 is published by the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Background: Gynecomastia is a common benign lesion of the male breast and accounts for up to 80% of male patients referred with beast lesions. Asian BiomedicineObjective: To examine the pattern of breast lesions in male patients who underwent breast biopsy.Methods: All male patients referred to Hatyai Hospital with breast complaints were included in the study. Histopathology reports were retrospectively reviewed during 2004-2011.Results: In 77 male patients diagnosed with breast lesions, the most common lesion was gynecomastia (49/77, 64%), followed by fibrocystic changes (7/77, 9%), and breast cancer (6/77, 8%). Gynecomastia was commonly found in male patients less than 40 years of age, while other breast lesions are seen in male patients over 40 years of age (P = 0.036, OR = 2.842, 95%CI = 1.085-7.447).Conclusion: Gynecomastia was the most common diagnosis among breast lesions in male patients referred to the Hatyai Hospital during 2004-2011. Gynecomastia was more common in the patients less than 20 years old.Mahidol UniversityBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyArticleSCOPUS10.5372/1905-7415.0804.321