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______ is caused by deficient ADH production by the neurohypophysis

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Diabetes Insidpidus

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What is the consequence of decreased ADH?

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  • Excess water excretion
  • Serum Na+ and osmolarity increase
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What are some potential causes of diabetes insipidus? (3)

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  1. Head trauma
  2. Tumors
  3. Inflammation of the hypothalamus/pituitary
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What are the two types of diabetes insipidus?

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  1. Insufficient ADH → Central DI (CDI)
  2. ADH insensitivity → Nephrogenic DI (NDI)
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What are the symptoms of CDI? (3)

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  1. Frequent urination
  2. Extreme thirst
  3. Life-threatening dehydration
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What are the treatments for mild and severe CDI?

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  • Mild - drink more water
  • Severe - vasopressin
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What is SIADH?

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Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH secretion

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What is the most common cause of SIADH?

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ADH-secreting tumors (ex: small-cell lung carcinoma)

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What is the consequence of excess ADH secretion?

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  • Excessive water resorption
  • Dilutes blood → hyponatremia
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How does SIADH present clinically?

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  1. Hyponatremia
  2. Cerebral edema
  3. Neurologic dysfunction (like water intoxication)
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Urine excretion can be increased to ___ mL/min when large quantities of hypotonic fluids are ingested.

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16 mL/min

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What are the symptoms of water intoxication? (3)

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  1. Swelling of CNS neurons
  2. Convulsions
  3. Coma (deadly)
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What is Sheehan syndrome? Cause?

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  • Ischemic necrosis to the pituitary during/after pregnancy
  • Anterior pituitary undergoes hypertrophy during pregnancy without new vasculature
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What are the symptoms of Sheehan syndrome? (5)

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  1. Amenorrhea
  2. Infertility
  3. Lactation failure
  4. Hypothyroidism
  5. Pallor due to loss of melanocyte stimulation
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Where are steroid and peptide hormones produced?

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  • Steroid - adrenal cortex
  • Peptide (catecholamines) - adrenal medulla
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Release of catecholamines are induced by _____

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nerve signals

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What disease is known as the progressive destruction of the adrenal cortex?

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Addison disease

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What are the different causes of Addison disease and how do they affect the gross appearance of the adrenal glands? (4)

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  1. Autoimmune - shrunken
  2. Infection - inflammatory
  3. AIDS - inflammatory
  4. Cancer - enlarged with tumor
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What are the symptoms of Addison’s disease? (5)

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  1. Progressive weakness and easy fatigue
  2. GI disturbances
  3. Skin hyperpigmentation due to increase in POMC
  4. Volume depletion/hypotension
  5. Hypoglycemia and lack of gluconeogenesis
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Cushing syndrome results from _____

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  • chronic exposure to high blood glucocorticoid levels
  • Most commonly due to excess ACTH secretion by the adenohypophysis
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Iatrogenic Cushing syndrome results from ____

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  • Medical administration of glucocorticoids to treat non-endocrine disorders
  • Immune suppression for autoimmune/transplant patients
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Endogenous Cushings can be _____ or _____.

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  • ACTH dependent
  • ACTH independent
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Is an adrenocortical tumor ACTH dependent or independent?

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  • ACTH independent
  • Produces ACTH or ACTH-like peptide
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What is the cause of Cushing’s disease?

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  • ACTH-secreting pituitary adenoma
  • Leads to high cortisol levels
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How do high cortisol levels affect other hormones?
1. Suppress CRH secretion (hypothalamus) 2. Suppress ACTH secretion (pituitary) 3. Inhibits GH, TSH, and gonadotropin 4. Decreases insulin production and gluconeogenesis
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What are the symptoms of Cushing's?
1. Hypertension 2. Centralized weight gain 3. Atrophy of fast-twitch muscle fibers → proximal limb weakness
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Cushing's promotes catabolism of collagen and bone production which leads to?
* Fragile skin with poor wound healing * Striae on the skin * Osteoporosis
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What is a pheochromocytoma?
* Benign tumor of chromaffin cells in the adrenal medulla * Results in norepinephrine secretion
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What are the symptoms of a pheochromocytoma? (6)
1. Tachycardia 2. Cold hands/feet 3. Feeling hot (cannot dissipate) 4. Throbbing headache (secondary to severe HTN) 5. Nausea and vomiting 6. Visual disturbances
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Goiters result from \_\_\_\_
* Impaired synthesis of thyroid hormones * Usually due to iodine insufficiency
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Size of a goiter is directly related to \_\_\_\_\_
amount of hormone deficiency
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What foods can impair thyroid hormone synthesis and lead to development of a goiter?
* Cabbage * Cauliflower * Cassava root (tapioca) * Thiocyanate inhibits iodine transport
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Thyroiditis refers to any inflammation of the thyroid. What are the 3 most common types?
1. Hashimoto 2. Granulomatous 3. Subacute lymphocytic
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\_\_\_\_\_\_ is an autoimmune disorder that results in autoantibodies against thyroglobulin and thyroid peroxidase.
Hashimoto thyroiditis
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What are the general symptoms of hypothyroidism? (7)
1. Depression-like symptoms (fatigue, apathy, mental sluggishness, etc.) 2. Slower metabolism (weight gain) 3. Cold intolerance 4. Decreased sympathetic nerve activity → constipation, decreased sweating 5. Decreased blood flow → skin becomes cool and pale 6. Reduced cardiac output → SOB, decreased exercised capacity 7. Accumulation of ECM substances into the skin → nonpitting edema, enlargement of the tongue, deepening of voice
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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is an autoimmune disorder of the thyroid, where autoantibodies cause stimulation of the thyroid.
Graves disease
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How does Graves disease present clinically? (5)
1. Hyperthyroidism (diffuse hypertrophy); may result in goiter 2. Heart hypertrophy/ischemia 3. Exophthalmos 4. Localized infiltrative dermopathy on the shins (less common) 5. Generalized lymphoid hyperplasia
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What is osteomalacia?
* Failure to mineralize calcium from bone * Results from vitamin D deficiency * Hypocalcemia
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How does osteomalacia present clinically?
1. Soft bones prone to breaks (similar to osteoporosis) 2. In children, rickets
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How is osteomalacia treated?
Vitamin D supplementation; mostly with milk
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What is the difference between primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism? Which is most common (\*\*\*)
* Primary - increased PTH production, typically by a solitary parathyroid adenoma * \*\*\*Secondary - result of chronic renal failure

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