Climacteric flushing in a man.

Climacteric flushing in a manHot flushes are accepted as the characteristic accompaniment of the menopause in women.Although reports of flushing in men after orchidectomy' 2 or administration of a gonadotrophin releasing hormone agonist3 suggest that testicular failure may also be associated with disturbed vascular activity, no objective study has been made of these attacks in men.We report the first measurement of vascular changes during such an attack in a man who developed disabling hot flushes after orchi- dectomy.