Abstract:Cystic breast disease in adolescent girls. Treatment with medroxyprogesterone Eighteen adolescent girls with moderate and severe fibrocystic disease of breast, whose mean age was 15.3 years (range 13 to 20 years) were treated along 3 menstrual cycles with daily oral doses of medroxyprogesterone for 10 days from day 14 of each period. Disappearance or marked reduction of breast pain and nodules occurred in 89 and 78% of the patients respectively. No undesirable effects were observed. (Key words: fibrocystic dis… Show more
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