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I have ginocomastia due to liver transplant help.

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Dr. James Lin answered

Talk with doctors...: See transplant doctor to clarify if gynecomastia is really liver-transplant related. If so, ask her/him if something can be done. For someone after liver transplant, i would be more careful of any drug use. But as a urologist, I do know low-dose of radiation to the breasts helps decrease their size in patients under hormonal rx for prostate cancer. So, this may be a worthwhile consideration...

Answered 3/18/2014

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Dr. Irving Harper answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Medications: If you had a liver transplant and part of the treatment post operatively was the drug cyclosporine, then Cyclosporine (csa)-related gynecomastia 6 and 10 months after transplantation is common. Switch to tacrolimus , it does not cause the reduced testosterone, increased prolactinand lh hormone associated with cyclosporine. This will result in resolution of your gynecomastia.

Answered 6/24/2014

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