Endo

Question 1

Test for acromegaly

Answer 1

OGTT with GH measurement

GH is pulsatile therefore cannot just be measured randomly

Question 2

Nelson’s syndrome

Answer 2

ACTH secreting pituatrory macroadenoma following bilateral adrenalectomy for cushings disease

can be prevented with pituartory raditherapy after the op

Question 3

most common thyroid ca

Answer 3

papillary

Question 4

Ocreotide SE

Answer 4

Gallstones

Question 5

Kallman syndrome

Answer 5

Kallmann syndrome combines an impaired sense of smell with a hormonal disorder that delays or prevents puberty. The hormonal disorder is due to underdevelopment of specific neurons, or nerves, in the brain that signal the hypothalamus

Also associated with cleft palate

Question 6

Cushings syndrome test

Answer 6

Dexamethasone suppresion test (in cushings the dexamethsone suppression test will not suppress cortisol production/levels)

Question 7

Addisions test

Answer 7

Syachten test

Question 8

pretibial myxodema

Answer 8

specific to hyperthryoidism -> Graves