Endocrine Flashcards
1
Q
Painful goitre and raised ESR
A
De Quervain’s thyroiditis
2
Q
Catecholamines in the urine, headaches, hypertension and palpitations
A
phaeochromocytoma
3
Q
Tanned skin without being on holiday
A
Addison’s
4
Q
Increased shoe size
wedding ring too tight
A
Acromegaly
5
Q
Signs of hyperthyroidism plus any eye changes, gritty eyes, smooth velvety skin
A
graves
6
Q
Moon face, proximal weakness, stretch marks, buffalo hump, abdo fat
A
Cushing’s
7
Q
Ketones on breath
A
DKA
8
Q
Kussmaul breathing
A
metabolic acidosis eg DKA
9
Q
Orphan annie nuclei
A
papillary thyroid cancer
10
Q
Psammoma bodies
A
papillary thyroid carcinoma
11
Q
Anosmia and isolated GnRH deficiency
A
Kallman’s
12
Q
Trousseau sign, Chvostek sign and QT prolongation (on ECG)
A
hypocalcaemia
