Endocrine Flashcards
Most common cause of hyperpituitarism
Pituitary adenoma (Anterior Lobe)
Most frequent type of hyperfunctioning pituitary adenoma
Prolactinoma
Second most common type of hyperfunctioning pituitary adenoma
Somatotroph adenomas
Diagnosis of Somatotroph adenomas
Oral glucose loading
Failure to suppress GH production in response to an oral glucose load for acromegaly
Corticroph adenoma developing in patients after surgical removal of adrenal glads for treatment of Cushing syndrome
Nelson Syndrome
Postpartum necrosis of anterior pituitary where there is sudden cessation of lactation due to loss of prolactin
Sheehan Syndrome
Sudden haemorrhage into the pituitary gland, often into a pituitary adenoma
Pituitary apoplexy
Triad of pituitary apoplexy
Headache
Diplopia
Hypopituitarism
A neurosurgical emergency presenting with headache diplopia and hypopituitarism
Pituitary apoplexy
Excessive urination due to an inability of the kidney to resorb water properly from the urine
Diabetes insipidus
Excessive urination due to lack of ADH
Central Diabetes Insipidus
Excessive urination due to ADH refractory collecting tubules
Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus
Drugs that can cause nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
Lithium
Demeclocycline
Metastatic calcfication of the collecting tubule basemenent membrane that can cause nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
Nephrocalcinosis
Water deprivation test findings in CDI and NDI
Increased POsm (hypernatremia) decreased UOSM
Drugs used to treat CDI and NDI
CDI: Desmopressin
NDI: Thiazides or Indomethacin
ADH excess
Syndrome with excessive resorption of water resulting to hyponatremia
Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH secretion (SIADH)
Most common cause of SIADH
Paraneoplastic syndrome from Small Cell Carcinoma of the Lungs
Drug used to treat SIADH
Chlorpropamide
Treatment of SIADH
Water restriction
Most common cause of hypopituitarism in children
Craniopharyngioma
Pathway mutated in craniopharyngioma
WNT signaling pathway
Type of craniopharyngioma most often observed in children
Adamantinomatous
(+) wet keratin lamellae
Type of craniopharyngioma most often observed in adults
Papillary
(-) Keratin
Nonspecific increase in thyroid hormones
Hypermetabolic state caused by elevated circulating levels of free T3 and T4
Thyrotoxicosis
Thyrotoxicosis caused by hyperfunction of the thyroid gland
Hyperparathyroidism
Hypothyroidism that develops in early childhood leading to severe mental retardation, short stature, and coarse facial features
Cretinism
Hypothyroidism developing in older children and adults
Myxedema (Gull disease)
Most common cause of hypothyroidsim
Hashimoto Thyroiditis
Autoantibodies implicated in Hashimoto thyroiditis
Anti-thyroglobulin
ant-TPO
Mononuclear inflammatory infiltrate and well developed germinal centers with atrophic thyroid follicles lined by Hurthle Cells
Hashimoto Thyroiditis
Presence of Hurthle Cells
Hashimotos thyroiditis
Initial thyrotoxicosis in Hashimotos thyroiditis
Hashitoxicosis
Specific B-cell non-hodgkin lymphoma in hashimoto thyroiditis
MALT lymphoma
Most common cause of painful thyroid gland
Sabacute Thyroiditis (Granulomatous thyroiditis, De Quervain thyroiditis, or giant cell thyroiditis)
Viral infection implicated in Subactue thyroiditis
Coxsackievirus (URTI that precedes thyroiditis)
Also known as painless thyroiditis
Lymphocytic Thyroiditis
Lymphocytic infiltrations of the thyroid gland with hyperplastic germinal centers, no fibrosis. lacks Hurthle cell metaplasia
Lymphocytic thyroiditis
Fibrous tissue replacement of the thyroid gland
Reidel Thyroiditis
Diffuse thyroid hypertrophy and hyperplasia associated with infiltrative ophthalmopathy
Graves Disease
Enlargement of the entire gland without producing nodularity
Diffuse nontoxic goiter
Gioterogens
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