Category:Endocrinology

From Ganfyd

Introduction

Historical Aspects

General Principles of endocrinology

Pancreatic Disease

• Pancreatic physiology
• Diabetes mellitus
• Insulinomas
• Gastrinoma
• Somatostatinoma
• VIPoma - Verner Morrison syndrome; WDHHA syndrome - watery diarrhoea, hypokalaemia, hypochlorhydria and acidosis

Pituitary disease

• Pituitary physiology
• Pituitary tumours

Adrenal disease

• Adrenal physiology
• Adrenal tumours
• Conn's syndrome
• Cushing's syndrome
• Hypoadrenalism

Thyroid disease

• Thyroid physiology
• Hyperthyroidism
• Hypothyroidism
• Thyroiditis
• Goitre

Metabolic bone disease

• Calcium metabolism
• Primary hyperparathyroidism

Endocrine Hypertension

• Mineralocorticoid (MC) hypertension
• Catecholamine hypertesion
• Growth hormone
• Oestrogens - contribute to the overall population burden of hypertension in a numerically important manner as they are used in supra-physiological doses in the combined oral contraceptive pill.
• Thyroxine - hyperthyroidism classically causes sytolic and hypothyroidism diastolic hypertension.

Genetic syndromes

• Multiple endocrine neoplasia

Endocrine Emergencies

External Links

endotext.org online endocrine textbook