Endocrinology — Flashcards

_____ diabetes insipidus is characterized by polyuria and polydipsia with an inability to concentrate urine due to lack of ADH

_____ is the most common cause of isolated elevated alkaline phosphatase in patients > 40 years old

Growth hormone secreting pituitary adenoma causes _____ (adults) or gigantism (children)

Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism presents with _____ testosterone/estrogen and decreased LH

MEN _____ is associated with pancreatic endocrine tumors, such as Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (gastrinoma), insulinomas, VIPomas, and glucagonomas (rare)

MEN _____ is also called as Sipple syndrome

Polycystic ovarian syndrome is associated with _____, which may cause type II diabetes mellitus 10-15 years later

Clinical features of _____ include moon facies, buffalo hump, and truncal obesity due to increased fat storage, secondary to excess insulin

SIADH is characterized by _____ (volume) hyponatremia (Na+ level) with continued urinary Na+ excretion

The _____ phenomenon describes thyrotoxicosis (hyperthyroidism) in a patient with iodine deficiency who is made iodine replete