What is the cause of the small lump in the boy's breast?

Breasts are not only for women, men also have breasts, although men's breasts are smaller. However, some men have lumps in their breasts, and many male friends are very confused, because lumps should only grow in women's breasts. Why do men also have lumps in their breasts? What are the symptoms of men's breast lumps?

Clinical symptoms of male breast lumps

1. Lumps and swelling. The clinical symptoms of male breast cancer are lumps in the breast that often occur around the nipple. The material is hard, the boundaries are unclear, the surface is usually uneven, and the mobility is weak.

2. Enlarged lymph nodes. The characteristic of larger breast tumors is that they are easy to metastasize, so if you find that the lymph nodes under the arm are swollen for a long time, you should be very careful.

3. Breast skin dents, nipple inversion, sometimes accompanied by nipple bleeding. The pain is sometimes not very obvious, but if the nipple is found to be contracted and invades the skin, you should be vigilant.

What causes breast lumps in men?

1. Breast hyperplasia, breast lumps, accompanied by mild tenderness. Most of the lumps are close to the breast, often limited to one side. The lumps become cystic when they expand.

2. Mastitis. Subacute purulent mastitis causes local skin redness, swelling, heat, and pain. Tender lumps appear at the injured area. In addition, systemic symptoms such as fever may occur.

3. Breast fibroma, in clinical medicine, is a painless breast lump, which is often found in the upper outer part of the breast. In a small number of cases, breast fibroadenoma and breast hyperplasia coexist, and there will be mild breast pain.

4. Gynecomastia. Gynecomastia is a clinical symptom caused by abnormal growth and development of male breast tissue and abnormal proliferation of mammary connective tissue due to an imbalance in the ratio of estrogen and androgen caused by physiological or physiological factors. Physiological breast development is generally more common in newborns, puberty and old age. Physiological gynecomastia can be seen in congenital agenesis, male testicular virilization, viral infection orchitis, testicular atrophy caused by trauma, male testicular tumors, etc.