Endocrinology Indian Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
Master Endocrinology with OnCourse flashcards. These spaced repetition flashcards are designed for medical students preparing for NEET PG, USMLE Step 1, USMLE Step 2, MBBS exams, and other medical licensing examinations.
Endocrinology Flashcard Deck - 34 Cards
Flashcard 1: Side effects of GH in children include raised IC pressure, Increased risk of T2DM, _____ and scoliosis
Answer: Slipped epiphysis
Flashcard 2: Precocious puberty is defined as the onset of secondary sexual characteristics before the age of _____ years in girls and 9 years in boys.
Answer: 8
Flashcard 3: _____ syndrome is characterized by unilateral caf-au-lait spots (coast of maine appearance), precocious puberty, and polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
Answer: McCune-Albright
Flashcard 4: Thyroid, Pituitary, & Adrenal _____ is a hormone that may be used for treatment of Turner syndrome, which is characterized by an XO genotype
Answer: Growth hormone
Flashcard 5: Pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1a or Albright hereditary osteodystrophy is characterized by shortened stature and shortened _____ and 5th digits
Answer: 4th
Flashcard 6: _____ syndrome, also known as dwarfism, is due to defective growth hormone receptors, causing decreased linear growth
Answer: Laron
Flashcard 7: In childhood, hormone levels are _____ and FSH levels are greater than LH levels
Answer: lowest
Flashcard 8: What is the effect of cryptorchidism on fertility? Why? _____
Answer: Decreased
Flashcard 9: Acute suppurative thyroiditis mimics De Quervains thyroiditis but it is more common in _____.
Answer: children
Flashcard 10: In _____ type of classical CAH, there is deficiency of cortisol and adequate aldosterone, with excess androgen production
Answer: simple virilizing
Flashcard 11: In a case of bilateral non-palpable testis, if the patient does not respond to hCG, a diagnosis of _____ is made
Answer: anorchia
Flashcard 12: What is the most common brain lesion causing central precocious puberty?_____
Answer: Hypothalamic hamartoma
Flashcard 13: Delayed bone browth and delayed _____ are seen in congenital hypothyroidism
Answer: dentition
Flashcard 14: What is the most common cause of peripheral precocious puberty in males?_____
Answer: CAH
Flashcard 15: _____ is the most common preventable cause of mental retardation
Answer: Congenital hypothyroidism
Flashcard 16: The most common tumor associated with growth hormone (GH) deficiency in children is _____.
Answer: craniopharyngioma
Flashcard 17: What is the most common cause of precocious puberty?_____
Answer: Idiopathic
Flashcard 18: Which cause of primary congenital hypothyroidism is associated with goitre?_____
Answer: Thyroid dyshormonogenesis
Flashcard 19: Lack of menarche in girls by the age of _____ years is suggestive of delayed puberty
Answer: 16
Flashcard 20: Microcephaly and frontal bossing with triangular facies are common clinical findings of neonatal _____thyroidism
Answer: hyper
Flashcard 21: Prolongation of physiologic hyperbilirubinemia is an early sign of congenital _____
Answer: hypothyroidism
Flashcard 22: What abdominal defect is seen in congenital hypothyroidism?_____
Answer: Umbilical hernia
Flashcard 23: The most commonly diagnosed pituitary adenoma in childhood is _____
Answer: prolactinoma
Flashcard 24: Young children with _____thyroidism may present with pseudo-precocious puberty
Answer: hypo
Flashcard 25: In _____ type of classical CAH, there is severe deficiency of both cortisol and aldosterone, with excess androgen production
Answer: salt-wasting
Flashcard 26: Wide open anterior and posterior fontanelles (>_____ cm) and cranial sutures, are seen in congenital hypothyroidism
Answer: 0.5
Flashcard 27: Constipation and _____cytic anemia that does not respond to treatment are seen in congenital hypothyroidism
Answer: macro
Flashcard 28: What additional features will be seen in a child with end-organ resistance (receptor hyposensitivity) to vitamin D?_____
Answer: Alopecia and Oligodontia (2)
Flashcard 29: The most common enzyme deficiency leading to childhood hypertension is _____ deficiency causing congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Answer: 11-hydroxylase
Flashcard 30: Discordance for thyroid dysgenesis is the rule in _____zygotic twins
Answer: mono
Flashcard 31: Lack of pubertal changes in boys by the age of _____ years is suggestive of delayed puberty
Answer: 14
Flashcard 32: What is the most common cause of central precocious puberty in females?_____
Answer: Idiopathic
Flashcard 33: What type of precocious puberty is more common?_____
Answer: Central
Flashcard 34: The investigation of choice in an infant suspected of 21-hydroxylase CAH is the measurement of _____
Answer: 17-hydroxyprogesterone
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