Radiological evaluation of the male breast – signs of male breast cancer

An increasing number of male patients presents at the outpatient clinic with with breast disorders such as palpable retroareolar tumors, nipple discharge, inflammation or ekzema of the nipple-areola complex. Although male breast cancer in Austria is still a rare event (for 2001–2003 48 male breast cancers versus 4858 in women were diagnosed) these patients necessitate clinical and radiological evaluation to distinguish between benigne and maligne lesions. The knowledge about the physiological effects of estrogens and testosterone as well as the knowledge about the mechanism for development of cancer is a precond…