Pituatary diseease Flashcards

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what is hyper sectino of gh

A

acromeglay or gigantism if before epitpseal plates seal

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2
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what is hypersection of acth

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cushings

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3
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what is hypersection of prolactin

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hyperprolactinemae

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4
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what is hyposection of main cause

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tumoru in pitutaary

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5
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what are teh soft tissues overgrowth signs of acromegaly

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spade like hands
wide feet
coarse facial features
thick lips and tounge
carpal tunnel syndome
sweatting

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6
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complacation of acromegaly

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headach, chiasmal compression, diabetes mellitus, hypertieon
cardiomyotphy
sleepapnes
colon polyps

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7
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how si teh diagnoss of acromglay made

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gh - and if it can be supersed by insulin- through inclrus glucose
vision changes
igf 1 as it has a longer half life than gh
mri for pituatar ademnoa

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8
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acromelgy

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hyposection of gh from anteiroer pituatary

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9
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type of cacner of acromeglay

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pitutary adenoma

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10
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non pituary cause of acromeglay

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other cancers such as lung or pancreastic stimuar gsrh

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11
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treatment for acromegaly surgery

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removal of pituary tumour through trans spenoid surgery
radiothary
hormones to stop growth of tumour

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12
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medical treatment ofr acromegaly

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Pegvisomant is a growth hormone receptor antagonist given daily by a subcutaneous injection
Somatostatin analogues (e.g., octreotide) block growth hormone release
Dopamine agonists (e.g., bromocriptine) block growth hormone release

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13
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cause of cushing

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excess cortisol

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14
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effet of cushings

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tissue breakdown,, sodium retieion inuslin antagonism (diabetes)

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15
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signs of cushigh

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skin atrpoy
spontaneous purpura
proxial myopthy
osteoproriss
growth arrest in childrne
pink striea
facila mooning
odema

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16
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achtm dependt cushing syndome

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pittuar tumoru - cushings disease
ecotpic acht section form lung cancer

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17
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acth indepent cushings

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adrenal tumoure
corticosterid treatmetn

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18
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causes of hyperproalciam

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pregnancy, laction and stress
pharmalogical - da depleting and da antagonist
pathological 0 primary hypothyroidsm , pituatary lesions

19
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symptons of hyperprolacinemae in women

A

galactorrhoea
menstural irregulatiry
inferitly

20
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symptoms of hyperprolactinaemia in men

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galactorrhoea, impotence, visual field abnormalities , headache, extraocular muscle weakness, anterior pituitary malfunction

21
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drugs that cuase hyperprolaciname

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da depleting agents
dopamine antagois - neuroleptics, antiemetics
osetrogen
some antidepressants

22
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clincal features in adults of hypopituitarism

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tiredness, weight gain, depresssion, reduced libo, impotenece, menstration probel, skin pallar, reduced body hair

23
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clicnal fearut of hypotitipicm children

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reduced linar growth, delayed puberty

24
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effet of acp water deperation test

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depreve wtaett for peroid of tiem , then gi e sympth adh to shwo that it is a probel with low adh

25
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causes of diabetes inspitus

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lack of ach or lack of respose to adh

26
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what type of diabetes inspitu is lack of adh

A

central

27
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what type of diabetes inspiitus is lack of respone to adh

A

neprogenic

28
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Polyuria

A

excessive ammont of urine

29
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Polydipsia

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excessive thrist

30
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what is sympootns of diabets inspigptus

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polydispia and polyruia

31
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what is priamry polydispia

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due to the paiten dirinkin too much water and not due to diabetes

32
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cause of central diabets inspipitus

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Brain tumours
Brain injury
Brain surgery
Brain infections (e.g., meningitis or encephalitis)
Genetic mutations in the ADH gene (autosomal dominant inheritance)
Wolfram syndrome (a genetic condition also causing optic atrophy, deafness and diabetes mellitus)

33
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cuase of peripharl diabetse insipidus

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Medications, particularly lithium (used in bipolar affective disorder)
Genetic mutations in the ADH receptor gene (X-linked recessive inheritance)
Hypercalcaemia (high calcium)
Hypokalaemia (low potassium)
Kidney diseases (e.g., polycystic kidney disease)

34
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effect of piamry polydispa on water withdra

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will casue urien osmoarl to be high thus adh will not need to be given

35
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effect of stomaot stain analgine ia cacmeo

A

impoef sties oergowth , sleep apena
fix gh and igf levles
cuase brain tumou to shrink

36
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adverse effects of stoamtostopin analge

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nausea, cramps, dirrhoea, flatulence, cholestol gallstones, slow relase peperation with montly im/sc injection

37
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what are example somatostatin

A

octreotide
lanreotide

38
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what is exajme of modifed analag gorwth hormone

A

pegvisomant

39
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what is micropolacioma

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where the pituar gland is les than 10 but cuase prolaciaom side effects

40
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treatmetn for micorpolaioma

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dopamien agonisits e.g. cabergoline

41
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treatmetn of macropolactinoma

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dopamine agoniss

42
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time to treat prolacinoma with dopane agaos

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normally a few days

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