Buzzwords Flashcards
Catecholamines in the urine, headaches, hypertension, palpitations
Phaechromocytoma
Tanned skin without being on holiday
Primary Addison’s (no tanning if secondary to hypopituitarism)
Increased shoe size
‘spade hands’
Wedding ring too tight
Acromegaly
Signs of hyperthyroidism plus any eye changes, gritty eyes, amooth velvety skin
Graves’ disease
Moon face, proximal weakness, stretch marks, buffalo hump, abdo fat
Cushings
Ketones on breath
DKA
Deep, laboured breathing (Kussmaul breathing)
Metabolic acidosis (esp DKA)
“Orphan Annie” nuclei `
Papillary thyroid cancer
Bone pain
Stones
Abdo pain
Psychiatric problema
Hypercalcaemia (hyperparathyroidism)
Psammoma bodies
Papillary thyroid carcinp,a
Butterfly rah
SLE
Heat intolerance/palpitations
Hyperthyroidism
Cold intolerance/weight gain
Hypothyroidism
Anosmia & isolated GnRH deficiency
Kallmann’s syndrome
Trousseau sign
Chvostek sign
QT prolongation on ECG
Hypocalcaemia
Acute management of hypocalcaemia
Calcium gluconate (10ml of 10% calcium gluconate over 10 mins 50% dextrose or saline
Brachdactyly of the 4th metacarpal
Pseudohypoparathyroidism
Which insulin do you take once a day?
Basal (long acting) e.g. Lantus
Which diabetic drug is weight neutral?
DPP4 e.g. sitagliptin
Normal calcium & phosphate
High Alk Phos
Paget’s
Complications of Paget’s
Deafness
Cardiac failure
Fractures
Skull thickening
Treatment of Paget’s
Bisphosphonates
Biochemical findings of osteomalacia
Low calcium & phosphate
High Alk Phos
