Endocrinology & Diabetes — Flashcards

Vitamin D-dependent rickets type _____ is an autosomal recessive condition characterised by a mutation causing end organ resistance to vitamin D

Hint: 1/2

Following diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism, a differential diagnosis of _____ should be excluded.

_____ is associated with Anti-TPO & Anti-Tg

Vitamin D-dependent rickets type _____ is an autosomal recessive condition characterised by a mutation preventing the conversion of calcidiol into calcitriol

Hint: 1/2

The most common inherited cause of hyperparathyroidism is _____

Most patients with primary hyperparathyroidism are _____

Hint: Asymptomatic/Symptomatic

Rickets can present with deformities of the knees, especially _____

Following diagnosis of hyperparathyroidism, patients should have further investigations to screen for complications such as _____, DXA scan (lumbar spine, distal radius, hip), USS of the renal tract

Hint: Nephrocalcinosis

Iodine uptake is _____ in subacute granulomatous thyroiditis (De Quervain's)

Hypothyroidism more commonly affects _____

Hint: Men/Women