Human Male Lactation
Spontaneous lactation occasionally occurs in starving men; after World War II, for example, thousands of cases were observed among POWs released from concentration camps.
The phenomenon of successful human male breastfeeding has been credibly observed in several cases. However, the cases are not sufficiently documented to allow distinguishing of possible pathologic galactorrhea.
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