Reply to commentary on "Gynecomastia in adolescent males: current understanding of its etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment"

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Ann Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2025;30(1):54-54

Publication date (electronic) : 2025 February 28

doi : https://doi.org/10.6065/apem.2550032.016

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Address for correspondence: Kotb Abbass Metwalley Department of Pediatric Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University 71111 Assiut, Egypt Email: kotb72@gmail.com

Received 2025 January 20; Accepted 2025 February 6.

To the editor,

Thank you for bringing this important point to our attention.

In spite that some studies reported a significantly increase incidence of gynecomastia among individuals who were marijuana smokers compared to both control patients and tobacco-only smokers, other studies reported that marijuana use is not infrequently associated with gynecomastia [1,2]. More researches are needed to clarify the relation between marijuana smoking and development of gynecomastia.

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References

1. Braunstein GD. Causal relationship between smoking marijuana and gynecomastia remains unproven. Radiology 2023;307e223046.

2. Cates W Jr, Pope JN. Gynecomastia and cannabis smoking. A nonassociation among US Army soldiers. Am J Surg 1977;134:613–5.

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