IMAGING IN ENDOCRINOLOGY

Question 1

What kind of Imaging is used for the Pituitary?

Answer 1

MRI

Question 2

What is the hole the pituitary is found in?

Answer 2

Sella Turica

Question 3

What kind of imaging is used on the Thyroid gland?

Answer 3

US (can use CT)

Question 4

What are the two structures at risk during thyroid surgery?

Answer 4

Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve

Parathyroid Gland

Question 5

Name 3 common midline swellings?

Answer 5

Thyroid
Thyroglossal Cyst
Cystic Hygroma (rare outwith childhood

Question 6

What can occur with a large goitre?

Answer 6

Compression of other local structures. Trachea, oesophagus

Question 7

What does euthyroid mean?

Answer 7

Normal thyroid function

Question 8

What is Thyroid Scintigraphy?

Answer 8

Isotope scan

Question 9

Increased uptake indicates?

Answer 9

Graves

Question 10

Reduced uptake indicates?

Answer 10

Thyroiditis

Question 11

What kind of imaging is used for the adrenal glands?

Answer 11

CT or MRI

Question 12

Name 3 conditions you can see on imaging to do with the adrenal glands?

Answer 12

Phaechromocytoma
Adrenal Adenoma
Adrenal Mets

Question 13

Long bones undergo ….. ossification

Answer 13

endochondural

Question 14

What does diffuse mean when talking about bones?

Answer 14

Lots of bones

Question 15

What does focal mean when talking about bones?

Answer 15

Single bone

Question 16

What conditions can you get with diffuse bones?

Answer 16

Too brittle (osteoporosis)
Too weak (rickets, osteomalacia, pagets disease)

Question 17

What is pagets disease?

Answer 17

Increased bone turnover with no known cause

Question 18

What are the 4 types of focal bone abnormality?

Answer 18

Trauma
Neoplasic
Inflammatory
Degenerative