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IM Platinum Board Correlates > Endocrinology > Flashcards

Endocrinology Flashcards

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Most accepted and unifying hypothesis of metabolic syndrome

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Insulin resistance

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Excellent marker for insulin resistance

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Hypertriglyceridemia

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Criteria for Metabolic syndrome

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Central obesity
Hypertriglyceridemia
Low HDL cholesterol
Hypertension
Fasting glucose
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4
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DM is diagnosed with FBS of :

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126

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DM is diagnosed with OGTT of

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200

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DM is diagnosed with Hba1c of

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> 6.5

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7
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Most common functioning pituitary adenoma

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Prolactinoma

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Second most common pituitary adenoma

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Somatotroph adenoma

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Postpartum necrosis of anterior pituitary gland presenting as sudden cessation of lactation

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Sheehan syndrome

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Headache, diplopia, hypopituitarism

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Pituitary apoplexy

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Thyroid malignancy with Hurthle cells, invades blood vessels

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Follicular thyroid Ca

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Thyroid Malignancy: derived from C cells , MEN associated

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Medullary thyroid CA

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Thyroid Ca: Giant cells and spindle cells seen; poor prognosis

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Anaplastic thyroid CA

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14
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Most common cause of hypothyroidism in iodine sufficient areas

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Hashimotos thyroiditis

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15
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Most common cause of hypothyroidism worldwide

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Iodine deficiency

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16
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Chronic inflammatory infiltrate of the thyroid gland with multinucleate giant cells

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Subacute thyroiditis

17
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Most commom cause of painful thyroid gland; associated with viral infection (coxsackie)

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Subacute, granulomatous, De quervain thyroiditis

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Lymphocytic infiltration of the thyroid gland with hyperplastic germinal centers , patchy disruption and collapse of thyroid follicles; no fibrosis and hurthle cell metaplasia

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Lymphocytic thyroiditis

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Condition where normal thyrood tissues are replaced by fibrous tissue; usually associated with sclerosing mediastinitis

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Reidel thyroiditis

20
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Presents with hyperthyrodism, opthalmopathy, dermopathy

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Graves disease

21
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Histopathologic finding of Graves disease

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Diffuse thyroid hypertrophy and hyperplasia

22
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Most common primary thyroid CA in adults and children

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Papillary thyroid CA

23
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Disease associated with PSaMMoma Bodies

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Papillary thyroid Ca
Serous cystadenoma of the ovaries
Mesothelioma
Meningioma

24
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Most common cause of primary hyperparathyroidism

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Parathyroid adenoma

25
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Elevated PTH, normal calcium levels

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Pseudohypoparathyroidism/ Tertiary hyperprathyroidism

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Elevated PTH occuring in CKD patients

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Secondary hyperparathyroidism

27
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Difficult to treat hypertension associated with hypokalemia

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Hyperaldosteronism

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Adrenals are converted to sacs of clotted blood , which virtually obscures underlying detail

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Waterhous Friesrichsen syndrome

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