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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 472-474 |
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Aromatase excess syndrome presenting with prepubertal gynecomastia in an Egyptian child with type 1 neurofibromatosis
Kotb Abbass Metwalley, Hekma Saad Farghaly
Department of Pediatrics, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
Correspondence Address:
Kotb Abbass Metwalley
Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Assiut University, Assiut
Egypt
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6866.124379
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A romatase excess syndrome (AEXS) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by prepubertal gynecomastia, it responds well to medical treatment. In the absence of prompt suspicion, it can expose the patient to the risk of unnecessary surgical intervention. Up to our best knowledge, the association between AEXS and neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) was not reported before. Here, we describe a AEXS presenting with prepubertal gynecomastia in an Egyptian child with NF1 that improved with aromatase inhibitors. |
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