Endocrinology Flashcards
21 hydroxylase deficiency
Increased 17oh progesterone, virilized female, aldosterone deficiency salt wasting. Treat with glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoud a
11 hydroxylase deficiency
Elevated deoxycorrisol and deoxycorricosterone. Virilization of female. Elevate doc causes sodium retention. Treat with glucocorticoid
What should you order to work up short stature?
IGF1, Bone Age, karyotype in females, CMP, ESR, CBC, TSH
Cushings disease
ACTH secreting anterior pituitary tumor
What is the relationship between seratonin and cortisol
Seratonin stimulates the release of CRH
Relationship of dopamine and prolactin
Prolactin is under tonic hypothalamic inhibition by dopamine sent down the pituitary stalk. Anti-DA drugs cause increased prolactin
Relationship of TRH and prolactin
Both increased by anti DA drugs. Prolactin is also increased in hypothyroidism
Hall-Pallister Syndrome
Absence of the pituitary gland and associated with hypothalamic hamartoblastoma, polydactyly, nail dysplasia, bifid epiglottis, imporferate anus, heart, lung, kidney abnormalities.
Rieger Syndrome
Deficiency of anterior pit hormones, coloboma, glaucoma, kidney, GI, umbilical anomalies.
Septic optic dysplasia
abnormailtiy of the optic nerve, agenesis or hypoplasia of the septum pellucidum or corpus collusom, often hypothalamic insufficiency. 2/2 abnormality in transcription factor HESX1
What is a solitary maxillary central incisor a sign of?
High likelihood of GH deficiency
Laron syndrome
Normal amount of GH, but defective GH receptors. Low levels of IGF -1. Treat with IGF -1
Constitutional growth delay
A variant of normal growth. Normal growth during the first 4-12 months of life, but then growth rate slows to the height and weight are less than the 3rd percentile. By 2-3 years of age, growth resumes at >5cm/year. GH studies normal, bone age is delayed and mirrors height age instead of chronologic age. Kids usually reach normal adult height, may have delayed puberty.
How is genetic short stature different from constitutional growth delay?
Has normal bone age for chronologic age, as opposed to delayed bone age seen in constitional growth delay.
What three factors differentiate genetic short stature, constitutional growth delay and GH deficiency?
family history, growth velocity, bone age.
Signs of hormone deficiency
decrease in growth velocity, delayed bone age, maybe fam history
What are side offects of GH treatment?
SCFE, psuedotumor cerebri, transient carbohydrate intolerance, transient hypothyroidism, scoliosis
Mid -parental hieght calculation
for boys = {mom hieght + dad height + 13 cm} / 2
For girls = {mom height + dad height - 13cm} /2
What studies should you order if you suspect DI?
serum osm, UA and urine osm. ADH level. Can do a water deprivation test, or DDAVP test
Treatment of central DI
DDAVP, intranasally or orally
Treatment of nephrogenic DI
Low sodium diet to reduce obligatory water loss from kidney. Thiazides reduce urine output, indomethacin.
Abnormal causes of tall stature
Marfan, homecysteinuria, Klinefelter
Marfan genetics and eye findings
AD, upward subluxation of lens
Homocystinuria
Intellectual disability, marfanoid habitus, downward subluxation of lens