Abstract
Gynecomastia is not an exceptionally rare condition. Various associated pathologic processes have been reported. Three reviews 1 have recently appeared. An excellent discussion by Hammett 2 appeared in 1920. Freeman's case of hyperthyroidism is mentioned. These reviewers donot include hyperthyroidism as a possible immediate cause of gynecomastia, their attention being centered on the influence of gonadal hormones. The cases to be described are significant because of the appearance of the anomaly during hyperthyroidism and its disappearance with the surgical interruption of the disease. Such an association must be unusual or have gone unnoticed as it has rarely been reported, although von Basedow 3 in 1848, while commenting on the suppression of sexual functions and the atrophy of the breasts in women due to this disease, stated that he had observed a man with hyperthyroidism who had swollen breasts which secreted colostrum. In Menville's 1 review two
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