Gynaecomastia in chronic renal failure.

Gynaecomastia is associated with several clinical conditions, but so far as we can ascertain the only report of it occurring in chronic renal failure is that of Shaldon (1966). He mentions gynaecomastia in patients undergoing regular dialysis treatment, and attributes this to the refeeding of malnourished uraemic patients at the start of dialysis. It does not seem to have been observed in uncomplicated chronic renal failure without regular dialysis treatment. The presence of gynaecomastia has been observed in all four of the male patients at present undergoing regular dialysis treatment in the renal unit of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and in two other patients with chronic renal failure.