[Male transsexualism and hormonal therapy: radiologic pictures of the breast]

Abstract

Often the male transsexual takes hormonal drugs, sometimes under medical prescription but most frequently by his personal choice. They wish to obtain a development of mammary gland and the disappearance of hair from facial skin. Prolonged hormonal and incorrect treatments, mainly for too high dosage and absence of association with progesterone, assumption of oestrogens, can cause the growth of mammary tumours. The Authors present the results of a clinical and radiological study on 15 patients, 12 in treated with hormonal drugs for two years and 3 without any therapy.