January 2016 in “The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine” This case report presents the first instance in Korea of unilateral gynecomastia and breast pain associated with doxazosin use.
56 citations
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February 2006 in “American journal of physiology. Cell physiology” This study observed that in hormone-starved prostate cancer cells, the androgen 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone rapidly induces matriptase activation and shedding, which involves androgen receptor signaling and requires both transcription and protein synthesis.
January 2025 in “JCEM Case Reports” Among postmenopausal women, this case study observed that a rare ovarian tumor called thecoma, found via MRI, was associated with high testosterone levels and symptoms of mild virilization such as hirsutism, indicating surgery as the primary treatment.
49 citations
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November 2012 in “Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry” This review discusses non-motor symptoms in patients with thymoma-associated myasthenia gravis, suggesting these symptoms, which can be treatable, often go overlooked despite affecting multiple organs.
6 citations
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October 2011 in “ISRN Ophthalmology” This study found that increased serum testosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate levels may serve as diagnostic markers for seborrheic meibomian gland dysfunction in both genders.
October 2025 in “Journal of the Endocrine Society” This case report documented the management of a 46-year-old female with Marine-Lenhart syndrome, combining antithyroids with minimally invasive sclerotherapy to achieve euthyroidism and reduce thyroid nodule size by 58%.
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January 2004 in “Linchuang pifuke zazhi” This case report describes a 23-year-old man experiencing painful gynecomastia aggravated by low dose finasteride for androgenetic alopecia, which reversed after stopping the medication.
2 citations
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April 2022 in “PLoS ONE” This study reports that short exposure to vibration causes epithelial cells to retract filopodia, concentrate actin at their edges, and increase expression of the protease calpain, suggesting a mechanism for vibration-induced pain relief.
July 2022 in “International Journal of Health Sciences (IJHS)” This study found that skin changes such as pigmentary alterations, vascular and connective tissue changes are common during pregnancy, with areola/nipple darkening and striae gravidarum frequently observed.
12 citations
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February 2011 in “Equine veterinary education” This case report describes the clinical and diagnostic features of a mare with mammary lymphoma associated with anaemia and pruritus.
15 citations
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May 1997 in “Annals of Internal Medicine” This case report describes a patient with breast cancer who developed female androgenetic alopecia after starting tamoxifen therapy.
June 2023 in “Lithuanian University of Health Sciences”
August 2009 in “Reactions Weekly” Finasteride caused breast enlargement in two men, which improved after stopping the medication.
June 2023 in “Sri Lanka Journal of Menopause”
September 2022 in “Curēus” This case report describes a 61-year-old female with hyperandrogenic symptoms, where an ovarian hemangioma with stromal luteinization was identified and surgically removed, resulting in improved symptoms.
In this study assessing post-menopausal Asian women, distinct shifts in Malassezia species prevalence on the skin were linked to increased inflammation and impaired skin barrier function, potentially driving disorders like psoriasis and seborrheic dermatitis.
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January 2013 in “Journal of the Scientific Society” In this case report, an 18-year-old male's cheek lump initially diagnosed as a sebaceous cyst was found to be a pilomatrixoma after surgical excision and histopathological examination.
47 citations
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June 2012 in “Genes & Development” This study found that maternal consumption of a western diet in mice led to toxic milk production, causing inflammation and alopecia in nursing neonates due to Toll-like-receptor activation.
November 2022 in “Journal of the Endocrine Society” This case report describes a 23-year-old woman with an adult granulosa cell tumor of the ovary, whose symptoms and hormone levels improved significantly after surgical removal of the tumor.
July 1993 in “学術講演梗概集. A, 材料施工,防火,海洋,情報システム技術” This study observed that hyperprolactinemia in women may be associated with skin and hair symptoms similar to those induced by androgens, suggesting hormone level evaluations in such cases.
February 2024 in “Pediatrics in review” This study details a 15-year-old girl with secondary amenorrhea and other symptoms who was found to have a pituitary mass causing multiple hormonal deficiencies, diagnosed as lymphocytic hypophysitis.
7 citations
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May 1996 in “PubMed” This article outlines the clinical and histological features of milia grouped in plaques on a 59-year-old woman's face but reports no new research findings.
January 1988 in “Journal of Pain and Symptom Management” This article reviews the symptoms and diagnostic challenges of pancreatic cancer and reports no new clinical findings, emphasizing the common presentation of jaundice, anorexia, nausea, and depression in patients.
29 citations
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July 2008 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This case report examines a patient with myasthenia gravis, invasive thymoma, and paraneoplastic pemphigus associated with alopecia areata, notably without the usual mucosal involvement.
October 2010 in “Reproductive Biomedicine Online” A new method can almost perfectly distinguish adenomyosis from similar conditions using blood tests.
2 citations
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August 2008 in “Journal of Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences” This case report describes a twenty-year-old woman misdiagnosed with a sebaceous cyst that was actually pilomatrixoma, a benign skin lesion from hair matrix cells, confirmed by histopathology after excision.
13 citations
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December 2010 in “Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior” Inhibiting certain enzymes made female rats more sensitive to low-level pain.
19 citations
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March 2013 in “Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain” This case report describes a 33-year-old woman whose unilateral occipital pain and localized alopecia were only responsive to onabotulinumtoxin A, suggesting it might be a form of cephalalgia alopecia or nummular headache.
35 citations
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January 2022 in “Frontiers in Neurology” This review utilizes clinical vignettes to detail various pain syndromes associated with multiple sclerosis, including their pathophysiology and management strategies, highlighting conditions like central neuropathic pain, Lhermitte's phenomenon, and trigeminal neuralgia as they relate to different lesion types.
11 citations
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August 2017 in “Supportive care in cancer” This study highlights the significant impact of eyebrow and eyelash loss during chemotherapy on women's quality of life, noting both emotional and physical challenges.