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Endocrine Flashcards

1
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Drug causes of SIADH?

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Carbamazepine, SSRI, SUs, TCAs

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2
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Hashimotos thyroid cancer association?

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MALT

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3
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MEN 1?

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PTH
Pituitary
Pancreas

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4
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MEN IIa?

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Phaeo
Medullary Thyroid Ca
PTH

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5
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MEN IIb?

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Phaeo
Medullary Thyroid Ca
Marfanoid
Fibromas

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6
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Hypokalaemia but normotensive, often presenting in childhood with failure to thrive?

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Bartters

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7
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Bartters defect?

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Sodium potassium chloride pump in ascending limb of LoH

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8
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Hypercalcaemia with (inappropriately) high PTH?

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Primary HPTH

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9
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SU mechanism?

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Potassium ATP channel
Increase stimulation of insulin secretion by pancreatic B-cells and decrease hepatic clearance of insulin

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10
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Mainstay of treatment for MODY?

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Gliclazide

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11
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Most common thyroid tumour, esp in young females?

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Papillary

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12
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Thyroid malignancy in elderly females causing pressure symptoms?

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Anplastic

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13
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Solitary nodule thyroid cancer?

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Follicular

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14
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Gestational diabetes thresholds?

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fasting glucose is >= 5.6 mmol/L
2-hour glucose is >= 7.8 mmol/L

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15
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First line for suspected acromegaly

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IGF-1 measurement

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16
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DPP4s, examples and mechanism?

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Gliptins
Think incretins

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17
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Hypothyroid
TPO
Goitre

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Hashimoto’s

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18
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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia cause? What specific blood marker will be elevated?

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21-hydroxylase deficiency
17-hydroxyprogesterone

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19
Q

Grave’s disease management?

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Initially propranolol for symptoms
Then carbimazole
If euthyroid add thyroxine

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20
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RET oncogene?

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Men IIa and IIb

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21
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First line hormonal treatment for prolactinoma?

A

Cabergoline

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22
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Glitazones mechanism and SEs

A

agonists of PPAR-gamma receptors, reducing peripheral insulin resistance

Weight gain
Fluid retention - not used in CCF
Liver injury

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23
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Hashimoto’s antibiody?

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Anti TPO

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24
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Drug therapy in stress incontinence?

A

Duloxetine

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25
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Gynaecomastia drug causes?

A

Spiro
Digoxin
Finasteride
Gosrelin

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26
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Most common cause of Conn’s?

A

Bilateral adrenal hyperplasia

27
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PCOS management:
1. Infertility
2. Acne and hirsutism

A
  1. Weight loss
    Metformin if obese, clomifene
  2. COCP, if fails then topical eflornithene
28
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Statins safe in pregnancy?

29
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Antibodies in Grave’s?

A

TSH receptor-stimulating

30
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Extrathyroid features unique to Grave’s?

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Pretibial myxoedema
Thyroid acropachy

31
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Gitelmans features?

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Normotension
Hypokalaemia
Hypocalciuria
Hypomagnasaemia
Metabolic alkalosis

32
Q

History that sounds like a brief period of hyperthyroidism followed by hypothyroidism?

A

Subacute (de Quervein’s) thyroiditis

33
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Presentation of insulinoma?

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Hypoglycaemia: typically early in morning or just before meal, e.g. diplopia, weakness etc
Rapid weight gain may be seen!!

34
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Hypocalaemia ECG finding?

35
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Most common non-iatrogenic cause of Cushing’s?

A

Pituitary tumour

36
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Very high cholesterol and slight hyponatraemia?

A

Pseudohyponatraemia

37
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Criteria for parathyroidectomy?

A

Age under 50 years.
Adjusted serum calcium concentration that is 0.25 mmol/L or more above the upper end of the reference range.
Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) less than 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 although this threshold depends on other factors, such as age.
Renal stones or presence of nephrocalcinosis on ultrasound or CT.
Presence of osteoporosis or osteoporotic fracture.
Symptomatic disease

38
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PTU or carbimazole in pregnancy?

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PTU first trimester
Carbimazole after that

39
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General HbA1c target in T1DM?

40
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Target after commencing statin use in primary CVD prevention?

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A greater than 40% reduction in non-HDL cholesterol

41
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Familial hypercholesterolaemia inheritance and management?

A

AD
High dose statins

42
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Tall, infertile, small firm testicles?
Karyotype?

A

Kleinfelter’s
47XXY

43
Q

Mention of some secondary sexual characteristics in a largely female phenotype with “hernia”?

A

Androgen insensitivity syndrome - those herniae are undescended testicles

44
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Most common MODY gene?

A

HNF-1 alpha

45
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Mechanism responsible for hypercalcaemia in malignancy?

A

Parathyroid-hormone-related peptide

46
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Increased cancer risk in acromegaly?

A

Colorectal

47
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Phaeo and large port wine naevus on one side of the face?

A

Sturge-Weber syndrome

48
Q

Amenorrhoea and clitoromegaly?

49
Q

Drug therapy you can use in lithium induced diabetes insipidus to help with polyuria?

A

A thiazide

50
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When is classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia diagnosed? (and can be helpful therefore in questions)

A

At birth (therefore presentation in an older girl likely to be non-classical

51
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First line antiemetic in gastroparesis?

A

Domperidone

52
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Amenorrhoea and high FSH, low oestrogen?

A

Primary ovarian failure

53
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What complication will the vast majority of diabetic patients have?

A

Retinopathy

54
Q

Cushings-sounding history but mildly raised cortisol and loads of alcohol?

A

Pseudocushings

55
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Number one cause of dialysis dependant ESRF in UK/US?

A

Diabetic nephropathy

56
Q

High alk phos, bone lesions in otherwise well man?

57
Q

Most frequently reported SE of HRT

A

Breast tenderness

58
Q

Preferred alpha blocker in phaeo?

A

Phenoxybenzamine
(preferred over doxasocin)

59
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What hormone suppresses LH and FSH?

60
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Prolactinoma - micro or macro more common?

61
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Retinal haemangioblastomas?

62
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Parathyroid sounding question with short neck, short 4th and 5th metacarpals?

A

Pseudohypoparathyroidism

63
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Chromaffin cells produce what?

64
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Delayed puberty and anosmia?

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