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. 2009 Jan-Jun;1(1):27–29. doi: 10.4103/0974-7753.51930

Table 3.

Reported cases of gynecomastia following finasteride (1 mg/day) *

Side Onset time Remission Cancer risk Age References
Unilateral 4 months Still mildly enlarged after 7 months 20 18
Unilateral 10 weeks Cytologic atypia by FNA, but no malignancy 53 5
Unilateral 2 months 10 months Normal mammography 18 10
Unilateral 6 months 2 months 23 10
Unilateral 3 months 3 months Normal cytology 29 10
Unilateral 11 months Unspecified 25 10
*

Gormley et al. (2002) reported two patients out of 298 suffering from gynecomastia following administration of 1 mg/day of finasteride; but no further details were provided