thankyou everyone.
well the good news is its nothing sinister,they did an ultrasound and found it was something similar to gynecomastia.
gynecomastia is hormonal and develops in puberty causing swelling of the breast area...........man breasts.
this goes away after 3-18 months but in some cases can leave a hard mass that requires surgery.
my son is 22yrs and has been through puberty way back lol so to develop hard mass at the back of nipple and breast area is unusual.
the bad news is it will require surgery,the consultant said the surgery is complicated because men have no breast tissue.
he said if they take too much of the mass away the nipple has no support causing it to droop................well i could not stop laughing at that.........droopy nipple.
so now we have to just wait,as its not an emergency it could be some months.
i have to say the breast diognostic clinic we went to was very good,in less than 3hrs they do the tests and then you see the specialist for diagnosis though if you need a biopsy it takes longer.
so alls well that ends well,though now we need to get him back to the renal clinic so they can continue to keep an eye on him.
sorry for my fretting,i do worry when it comes to my son or my cats lol.
hope everyone is as well as you can be.
caroline