Endocrinology Flashcards
(19 cards)
Sweating + (paroxysmal?) hypertension + headaches
Phaeochromocytoma
Tanned skin, no holiday
Addison’s disease
Increased shoe size, spade hands, rings too small
acromegaly
Hyperthyroidism + eye disease + smooth skin
Grave’s disease
Moon face, central obesity with thin limbs, buffalo hump, abdominal striae
Cushing’s syndrome
Ketones on breath
DKA
Kaussmaul breathing
patient is trying to create a respiratory alkalosis (by blowing of CO2) to compensate for metabolic acidosis (esp. DKA)
“orphan annie” nuclei, psammoma bodies
papillary thyroid cancer
bones, stones, groans, psychic moans
hypercalcaemia
butterfly rash
SLE
heat intolerance/palpitations
hyperthyroidism
cold intolerance/weight gain
hypothyroidism
anosmia, isolated GnRH deficiency
Kallman’s syndrome
trousseau sign, chovstek’s sign, QT prolongation on ECG
hypocalcaemia
brachydactyly (short 4th and 5th metacarpals)
pseudohypoparathyroidism (if no biochemical changes = pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism)
which is more biologically active - T3 or T4?
T3
state the components of
1) T3
2) T4
1) MIT + DIT
2) DIT + DIT
Hypothyroidism Symptoms
BRADYCARDIC B = bradycardic R = reflexes relax slowly A = ascities +/- oedema D = dry, thin skin and hair Y = yawning C = cold intolerance A = ataxia R = round puffy face D = depression I = immobile/ileus C= constipation
how to remember what’s produced in each layer of the adrenal cortex: ‘Go Find Rex; Make Good Sex’
Glomerulosa –> Mineralocorticoids (aldosterone)
Fasciculata –> Glucocorticoids (cortisol)
Reticularis –> Sex hormones (DHEA)
