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Endocrinology Flashcards

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Adrenal insufficiency and bitemporal hemianopia

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Empty sella syndrome

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2
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Elderly man with osteoporosis despite supplements

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Testosterone deficiency

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3
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Psamomma bodies

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Papillary thyroid cancer

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4
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Diabetes drug contraindicated in heart failure

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Pioglitazone

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5
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Orphan Annie eyes

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Papillary thyroid cancer

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6
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Headache and tachycardia

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Phaeochromocytoma

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7
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Pigmentation and postural hypotension

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Addison’s disease

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8
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Pituitary dysfunction after pregnancy

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Sheehan’s syndrome (hypopituitarism due to haemorrhage post-partum)

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Galactorrhoea, dry vagina, hirsutism, amenorrhoea

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Prolactinoma

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10
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Can’t wear hat

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Paget’s disease

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11
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Resized ring

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Acromegaly

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12
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Chvostek’s/Trousseau’s signs

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Hypocalcaemia

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13
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Pathological fracture, constipation, kidney stones and depression

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Hypercalcaemia

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14
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Anosmia with hypopituitarism (symptoms of lost sex hormones mainly)

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Kallman’s syndrome

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15
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Pancreatic cancer, parathyroid adenoma, prolactinoma

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MEN1 syndrome

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16
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Halo on ultrasound

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Follicular adenoma

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17
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Anti-TPO

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Hashimotos (less commonly in Graves)

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Anti-thyroglobulin

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Graves (less commonly in Hashimoto’s)

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Anti-insulin, anti-GAD, anti-islet

20
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Polyuria, polydipsia and weight loss

21
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Buffalo hump, moonlike facies

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Cushing’s syndrome

22
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Exophthalmos

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Graves’ disease

23
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Croaky voice

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Hypothyroidism

24
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Collapse + hypotension + depigmented patches

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Addisonian crisis

25
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RET mutation

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Medullary thyroid cancer

26
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Hyperpigmentation after bilateral adrenalectomy

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Nelson’s syndrome

27
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Medullary thyroid cancer + phaeochromocytoma + parathyroid hyperplasia

28
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Cotton wool spots without neovascularisation

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Pre-proliferative diabetic retinopathy

29
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Peri-orbital tingling post-thyroidectomy

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Hypocalcaemia

30
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Obese female with malar flush, yellow-tinged skin, altered mental sate, bradycardia, hypothermia and heart failure

31
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Congo red stain for thyroid cancer

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Medullary thyroid cancer

32
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Treatment of HHS

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Saline + insulin + anticoagulation

33
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Treatment of DKA

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Saline + insulin + potassium

34
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Emergency treatment of DKA without IV access/patient has already injected insulin

35
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DRUG: electrolyte disturbance seen with amphotericin

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Hypokalaemia

36
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DRUG: oesophagitis and osteonecrosis of the jaw

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Bisphosphonate

37
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DRUG: cardiac drug cuasing increased insulin requirement

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Thiazides (hyperglycaemia)

38
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DRUG SE: SLE drug causing haemorrhagic cystitis

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Cyclophosphamide

39
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DRUG SE: sore throat and fatigue after carbimazole

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Agranulocytosis

40
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DRUG: osteoporosis 32-aa peptide

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Calcitonin

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