Ethionamide-induced gynecomastia.

J Pharmacol Pharmacother

Department of Respiratory Medicine, J. L. N. Medical College, Ajmer, India.

Published: April 2012

Gynecomastia is very rare during antituberculosis chemotherapy. We describe a 38-year-old male patient who developed a painful gynecomastia following second-line drug therapy for multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis. Gynecomastia disappeared after stopping the ethionamide. A published literature on antituberculosis-induced gynecomastia is also briefly discussed.

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