Endocrinology & Diabetes — Flashcards

Bowing of the long bones, craniotabes (soft skull), delayed growth and frontal bossing in young patients with _____ deficiency is likely to be rickets

X-ray of bones in patients with _____ may show characteristic looser zones (pseudofractures)

Hint: 2x conditions

PTH induces _____ expression in osteoBlasts which binds to and activates osteoClasts

_____ is a condition that occurs in children with open growth plates and is caused by insufficient calcium and/or phosphate usually due to a deficiency of vitamin D

Osteomalacia/rickets is managed with vitamin D supplementation in addition to _____ supplementation if dietary intake is inadequate

Hypercalcaemia increases the risk of _____ due to polyuria and reduced oral intake

_____ is a condition that occurs in all ages and is caused by insufficient calcium and/or phosphate usually due to a deficiency of vitamin D

Rickets is caused by decreased mineralization of _____ at epiphyseal growth plates

Rickets can be _____ or hypophosphatemic depending on which mineral is deficient

_____ is the most common cause of primary hyperparathyroidism