Hypothyroidism US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
Master Hypothyroidism 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.
Hypothyroidism Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: Which thyroid imbalance presents with weight gain and decreased appetite?_____
Answer: hypothyroidism
Flashcard 2: In which disorder (hyper- or hypothyroidism) may a patient present with a goiter? _____
Answer: Both!
Flashcard 3: _____ is an autoimmune disorder that initially causes a hyperthyroidism that then becomes a hypothyroidism.
Answer: Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
Flashcard 4: Which thyroid imbalance presents with increased TSH (if 1*) and decreased free T3 / T4?_____
Answer: Hypothyroidism
Flashcard 5: A _____ multinodular goiter occurs when a multinodular goiter has hyperfunctioning follicular cells that work independently of TSH, causing increased release of T3 and T4
Answer: toxic
Flashcard 6: Kallmann syndrome
Answer: defective migration of GnRH cells
Extra: anosmia, lack of secondary sex characteristics decreased: GnRH, FSH, LH, testosterone, sperm count
Flashcard 7: hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
Answer:
Extra:
decreased: LH, testosterone
Flashcard 8: primary hypogonadism
Answer:
Extra: increased: LH
decreased: testosterone
Flashcard 9: androgen insensitivity syndrome
Answer: defect in andogen receptor
Extra: female external genitalia, rudimentary vagina, internal testes, scant sexual hair increased: testosterone, LH, estrogen 46, XY i.e. normal male
Flashcard 10: 5α-reductase deficiency
Answer:
Extra: inability to convert testosterone to DHT male internal genitalia, ambiguous external genitalia until puberty normal: testosterone, estrogen
increased: LH (or normal)
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