Evaluation of male gynecomastia with B-mode and color Doppler ultrasound

Purpose: To analyze the presence and type of vascularity with CDUS in gynecomastia and to compare these CDUS findings with the characteristic US appearances of Tanner stages. Methods and materials: A total of 108 breasts of 54 males aged 11–27 years presenting with a complaint of gynecomastia and with US verification of gynecomastia were evaluated. The retroareolar thickness was measured. Then US finding were staged according to the Tanner classification. The breast was divided into three quadrants as lateral, medial and areolar and arterial blood flow was determined using CDUS. Venous blood flow was classified…