Endocrinology & Diabetes — Flashcards

_____ is a self-limiting variant of subacute lymphocytic thyroiditis occuring up to 1 year following child birth

What class of drugs most commonly causes osteomalacia? _____

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

Hint: 1/2

PTH increases _____ excretion and calcium reabsorption from the kidney resulting in more ionized calcium in the blood

Osteomalacia and Rickets are characterised by: _____ calcium ↓ phosphate ↑ PTH ↑ ALP

Hint: ↑/↓

Subacute granulomatous thyroiditis (De Quervain's) presents initially with _____thyroidism followed by hypothyroidism before full recovery

Subacute granulomatous thyroiditis (De Quervain's) is associated with multinucleated giant cells and _____ formation on histological examination

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

Hashimoto's thyroiditis presents with a _____ goitre

Hint: 3

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