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Endocrine effect

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Hormones that are released into circulation and act on distant organs

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Growth hormone

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Tissue growth

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Thyroid stimulating hormone

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For thyroid to release thyroid homrone

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ACTH

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Acts on adrenal gland to make cortical homrones

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FSH

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Acts on testes and ovary
(Sperm, testosterone)
(Ova, estrogen, progesterone)

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LH

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Acts on testes and ovary
(Sperm, testosterone)
(Ova, estrogen, progesterone)

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PRL

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Acts on breast glandular tissue

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Oxytocin

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Lactation

Uterine contraction

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ADH

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Kidney

Water reabsorption

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Major diseases of endocrine system classifications (3)

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  1. Hyperfunction
  2. Hypofunction
  3. Tumours
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Hyposecretion of hormones (3)

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  1. Agenesis
  2. Atrophy
  3. Destruction
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Hypersecretion of hormones (2)

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  1. Tumour

2. Hyperplasia

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Pituitary diseases (3)

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  1. Pituitary hyperfunction
  2. Pituitary hypofunction
  3. Localized mass (causing compression of optic chiasm and basal portion of brain)
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Pituitary tumours (4)

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  1. Prolactinoma
  2. Somatotropic ademona
  3. Corticotropic ademona
  4. Non-functioning tumours
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Prolactimona

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Amenorrhea and galactorrhea

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Somatotropic ademona

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Acromegaly (post-pubertal patient)
or
Gigantism (prepubertal patient)

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Corticotropic adenoma

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Cushing disease

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Causes of pituitary hypofunction (3)

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  1. Acute postpartum pituitary insufficiency
  2. Tumours that compress the pituitary
  3. Trauma to base of skull or intracranial surgery
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Acute postpartum pituitary insufficiency

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Sheehan’s syndrome

Due to ischemia related post-partum pituitary necrosis

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Panhypopituitarism

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Decreased production of all pituitary hormones

General weakness, cold intolerance, poor appetite, weight loss, hypotension

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Diseases of posterior pituitary (1)

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  1. Diabetes insipidus
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Diabetes insipidus

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Lack of antidiuretic hormone

Polyuria (hypotonic urine)

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Causes of diseases of posterior pituitary (4)

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  1. Tumours
  2. Infections of brain or meninges
  3. intracranial hemorrhage
  4. Trauma or bones at base of skull or transection of pituitary stalk
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Thyroid disease (4)

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  1. Hyperthyroidism
  2. Hypothyroidism
  3. Goiter
  4. Thyroid tumours
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Hyperthyroidism

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Excess of free thyroid hormones in blood
More often seen in women
Thyroid is warm, nodular, diffusely enlarged
Hyperactive
Diarrhea
Warm/sweaty skin
Restlessness
Nervousness
Emotional lability
Muscle trmous
Tachycardia
Weightloss
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Causes of hyperthyroidism (5)

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  1. Grave’s disease
  2. Idiopathic nodular hyperplasia
  3. Adenoma
  4. Exogenous thyroid (ingestion)
  5. Medication
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Grave’s disease

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Autoantibodies to TSH receptor on surface of thyroid follicle cells
Usual clinical features of hyperthyroidism + exophthalmos and pretibial edema

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Exophthalmos

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Bulging eyes

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Goiter of thyroid

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Nodular goiter
Nodules that enlarge and deform the thyroid
Secondary changes
Most are non-toxic (euthryoid)
Symptoms (hoarseness and cough) are related to compression of larynx

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Causes of nodular goiter (2)

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  1. Iodine deficiency

2. Idiopathic

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Causes of hypothyroidism (4)

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  1. Developmental disorders
  2. Thyroiditis
  3. Thyroidectomy
  4. Iodine deficiency
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Developmental disorders causing hypothyroidism

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Aplasia of thyroid

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Hashimoto’s disease

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Thyroiditis

Immune disease

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Hypothyroidism in children

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Thyroid dwarfism and mental retardation (cretinism)

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Hypothyroidism in adults (5)

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  1. Myxedema (doughlike puffy skin)
  2. Heart failure (bradycardia)
  3. Constipation
  4. Cold intolerance
  5. Muscle weakness
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Thyroid neoplasms (2)

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  1. Benign tumours

2. Malignant tumours

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Benign tumours of thyroid

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Follicular adenoma

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Follicular adenoma

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Common, occuring in 3-4% of all adults

Limited significance

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Malignant tumours of thyroid (4)

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  1. Papillary carcinoma
  2. Follicular carcinoma
  3. Medullary carcinoma
  4. Anaplastic carcinoma
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Papillary carcinoma

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80% of all malignant thyroid tumours

Low grade with favourable prognosis

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Follicular carcinoma

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Relatively good prognosis

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Medullary carcinoma

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Derived from C-cells

Produces calcitonin

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Anaplastic carcinoma

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Most patients due within 1 year of diagnosis

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Calcitonin

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Reduces blood calcium

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Parathyroid hormone

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Increases blood calcium

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Disease of parathyroid glands (2)

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  1. Hyperparathyroidism

2. Hypoparathyroidism

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Hyperparathyroidism

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Primary and secondary

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Primary hyperparathyroidism

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Dye to parathyroid hyperplasia or neoplasia

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Secondary hyperparathyroidism

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Due to chronic renal failure

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Parathyroid hyperplasia

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Primary or secondary

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Primary parathyroid hyperplasia

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All glands become bigger

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Secondary parathyroid hyperplasia

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If kidneys are in trouble, Calcium levels are low

Stimulating parathyroid gland to increase parathyroid hormone

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Consequences of hyperparathyroidism (2)

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Stones, bones, moans and groans

  1. Bone resorption
  2. Indirectly stimulates Ca absorption in intestine (hypercalcemia)
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Hypercalcemia (3)

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  1. Renal stones
  2. Psychiatric manifestations (moans)
  3. Stomach ulcers (groans)
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Parathyroid neoplasia

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  1. Ademona (selective for nodules)

2. Carcinoma (selective for nodules, invasive)

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Diseases of adrenal cortex (3)

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  1. Adrenal hyperfunction
  2. Adrenal hypofunction
  3. Nonfunctioning adrenal tumours
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Adrenal hyperfunction (3)

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  1. Hyperaldosteronism
  2. Hypercortisolism
  3. Adrenogenital syndrome
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Hyperaldosteronism

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Conn’s syndrome

Zona glomerulosa

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Hypercortisolism

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Cushing’s SYNDROME - primary due to adrenal

Zona fasciculata

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Adrenogenital synfrome

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Zona reticularis

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Causes of hypercortisolism (4)

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  1. Adrenal adenoma
  2. Adrenal hyperplasia (Cushing’s disease)
  3. Adrenal carcinoma
  4. Exogenous cortisol
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Clinical features of Cushing’s syndrome

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Moon faces
Obesity
Cutaneous striae
Emotional instability
Buffalo hump
Osteoporosis
Muscle wasting
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Adrenocortical hypofunction

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Acute or chronic

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Acute adrenal insufficiency

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Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome in menigococcal sepsis

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Chronic adrenal insufficiency

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Addison’s disease

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Addison’s disease caused by (4)

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Chronic adrenal insufficiency

  1. Autoimmune diseases (most common)
  2. Tumours (bilateral metastases to adrenals)
  3. Tuberculosis
  4. Amyloidosis
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Symptoms of Addison’s disease

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Fatigue
Weigh loss
Nausea
Hypotensive and have frequent syncope
Susceptible to recurrent infections
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Tumours of Adrenal Medulla (2)

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  1. Neuroblastoma

2. Pheochromocytoma

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Neuroblastoma

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Tumours of neuroblasts (most commonly adrenal gland) in children
Malignant

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Pheochromocytoma

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Tumour of adrenal medulla in adults
Mostly benign, malignant in 10%
Solitary tymours that secrete EN and NE
VMA found in urine - important for diagnosis

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Symptoms of pheochromocytoma (6)

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  1. Malignant hypertension
  2. Sudden heart palpitations
  3. Sudden attacks of dizziness
  4. Blurred vision
  5. Excruciating headaches
  6. Increased catecholamines in urine