Endocrinology Flashcards
Dominant neonatal thyroid hormone
T3
Thyroid hormone that is increased during times of critical illness among preterm infants
Reverse T3
Which hormone helps with male external genital development during the first trimester of pregnancy?
Placental hCG
Which hormone helps with male external general development after the 1st trimester of pregnancy?
LH
Osteomalacia
Normal osteoid production
Decreased mineralization
Which enzyme deficiencies cause ambiguous male genitalia?
17 a-hydroxylase deficiency
3 b-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency
5 a-reductase deficiency
Which enzyme deficiencies cause ambiguous genitalia in females?
21 Hydroxylase deficiency
11 b-hydroxylase deficiency
3 b-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency
Aromatase deficiency
When is the pituitary gland formed?
14 weeks gestation
What is the thyroid gland formed from?
Primitive pharyngeal floor and 4th pharyngobronchial pouch
When does the thyroid gland develop?
3-4 weeks gestation
When does iodide trapping begin?
8-10 Weeks gestation
When does T4 and T3 synthesis and secretion begin?
12 weeks gestation
Adequate quantities of ___ are essential for fetal thyroid hormone synthesis
Iodide
Fetus relies on transplacental transfer of iodine for supply
When does TSH secretion begin?
12 weeks gestation
Where is TRH produced during pregnancy?
Pancreas and hypothalamus until closer to term
When does TSH surge occur after birth?
Peaks at 30 minutes of life
Lasts 3 to 5 days
Due to being cold at birth
When do fetal T3 levels increase during pregnancy?
30 weeks
Thyroid gland able to convert T4 to T3 more effectively
Most common cause of congenital hypothyroidism?
Thyroid dysgenesis
No thyroid or it’s in the wrong place
1:4000
Causes of congenital hypothyroidism
Thyroid dysgenesis
Thyroid dyshormonogenesis 1:40000
Central hypothyroidism 1:100000
Transient hypothyroidism 1:40000
Causes of thyroid dyshormonogenesis
TSH unresponsiveness
Iodide trapping defect
Organization defect
Iodotyrosine deiodinase deficiency
Symptoms of congenital hypothyroidism
Enlarged posterior fontanelle Macroglossia Prolonged jaundice Delayed passage of meconium Brittle hair/skin Edema Bradycardia Decreased reflexes
What causes decreased thyroid function in premature neonates?
Low TBG
Limited TSH surge
Premature withdrawal from maternal contribution
Can resolve after six weeks of age
What hormones in sick preemies can inhibit and reduce TSH secretion?
Dopamine
Glucocorticoids
What can methimazole cause in infants?
Cutis aplasia
Are infants of mothers with maternal Graves’ disease hypo or hyperthyroid?
Can be either
Thyroid receptor blocking antibodies and thyroid stimulating antibodies both cross the placenta
Treatment for hyperthyroidism
The order matters
- Methimazole
- Iodide (stuns thyroid, saturates receptors)
- Beta blocker (Controls HR)
What forms the anterior pituitary?
Evagination of oropharynx
Rathkes pouch
What forms the posterior pituitary?
Evagination of the floor of the third ventricle
When does the hypothalamic-pituitary axis mature?
20 weeks of gestation
Importance of testosterone from testes
Needed to allow for penile length
What is increased in 3beta HSD?
Pregnenolone
17-OH pregnenolone
DHEA
Symptoms of 3beta HSD
Salt wasting (no aldosterone) Cortisol deficiency Undervirilized male, virilized female
Newborn screen won’t catch this
Symptoms of 17beta HSD
Undervirilized male
Sufficient aldosterone and cortisol
Increased androstenedione
Symptoms of 5alpha reductase deficiency
Undervirilized male
Testes at 12 - enough testosterone with puberty to -> external genitalia development
Micropenis with decreased GnRH
GnRH receptor mutation