GYNECOMASTIA FOLLOWING SEVERE STARVATION
Authors: Eugene C. Jacobs
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1948)

Article1 April 1948GYNECOMASTIA FOLLOWING SEVERE STARVATIONEUGENE C. JACOBSEUGENE C. JACOBSSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-28-4-792 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptI. INTRODUCTIONBY definition gynecomastia1is "Excessive size of the male mammary glands." By common usage gynecomastia is composed of true and false types.2True gynecomastia consists of hyperplasia of the rudimentary mammary ducts and of the periductal connective tissue. False gynecomastia is a proliferation of fatty and subcutaneous tissues. This paper pertains only to true gynecomastia and purposely is not titled "Gynecomastia due to severe starvation" the reasons for which will appear later.II. SEVERE PROTRACTED STARVATIONDuring 40 months of incarceration by the Japanese, all of the known vitamin-deficiency diseases became prevalent. During the first eight of these...Bibliography1. DORLAND WA: Medical Dictionary, 20th Ed., 1945, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar2. GESCHICKTER CF: Diseases of the breast, Textbook, "Gynecomastia" Chapter, 1943, Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar3. PLATTSCHULTZKUNSTADTER SSRZRH: Hypertrophy of male breast associated with recovery from starvation, Bull. U. S. Army Med. Dept., 1947, vii, 403. Google Scholar4. JACOBS EC: Data to be published. Google Scholar5. KLATSKISALTERHUMM GWTFD: Gynecomastia due to malnutrition, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1947, ccxiii, 19. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. HOOKERPFFEIFFER CWCA: Effects of sex hormones on body growth, hair and sebaceous glands, Endocrinol., 1943, xxxii, 69-76. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. Notes and Comments, Endocrinology, 1944, xxxv, 70-71. Google Scholar8. SEGALOFFSEGALOFF AA: Rôle of vitamins of the B complex in estrogen metabolism, Endocrinol., 1944, xxxiv, 346-350. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. BISKIND MS: Effect of vitamin B complex deficiency on inactivating estrone in the liver, Endocrinol., 1942, xxxi, 109-114. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. HOFFMAN J: Female endocrinology textbook, 1st Ed., 1945, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 483-484. Google Scholar11. TRENTINTURNER JJCW: Inanition and mammary gland response, Endocrinol., 1941, xxvix, 984-989. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. ASTWOOD : Development of mammary gland of rat, Am. Jr. Anat. 1937, lxi, 373-405. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. HERTZ R: Effects of B vitamins on endocrinological aspects of reproduction, Vitamins and Hormones, 1946, iv, 135-146. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. KLEINER IS: Human biochemistry textbook, Ed. L., Chap. xxiii, 1945, C. V. Mosby, St. Louis, 482. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication June 16, 1947.†Associate, American College of Physicians. Office of the Surgeon General, U. S. Army. Formerly Chief of Medical Service, Japanese Prisoner of War Hospital, Cabanatuan, Philippine Islands. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTransient Gynecomastia in Chronic Renal Failure During Chronic Intermittent HemodialysisGUNTHER W. SCHMITT, M.D., ISAM SHEHADEH, M.D., CLARK T. SAWIN, M.D.ENDOCRINE DISTURBANCES AND THEIR DIETETIC BACKGROUND IN UNDERNOURISHED IN MEXICO*SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN, F.A.C.P., FRANCISCO GÓMEZ-MONT, F.A.C.P., JOSÉ LAGUNAGYNECOMASTIA: A REVIEW AND AN ANALYSIS OF 160 CASES*CLAYTON E. WHEELER, EDWARD P. CAWLEY, F.A.C.P., HENRY T. GRAY, ARTHUR C. CURTIS, F.A.C.P.OCULO-ORO-GENITAL SYNDROME: A DEFICIENCY DISEASE*EUGENE C. JACOBS 1 April 1948Volume 28, Issue 4Page: 792-797KeywordsConnective tissueStarvationVitamins ePublished: 14 March 2020 Issue Published: 1 April 1948 PDF downloadLoading ...