Parathyroid disorders — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Are patients with dystrophic calcifications usually normocalcemic? _____

Answer: Yes

Flashcard 2: Which type of calcification (dystrophic or metastatic) occurs secondary to hypercalcemia or hyperphosphatemia? _____

Answer: Metastatic

Flashcard 3: What bone pathology is associated with chronic renal failure? _____

Answer: Renal osteodystrophy

Flashcard 4: DiGeorge syndrome is characterized by _____ number of T cells

Answer: decreased

Flashcard 5: Paget disease of bone is characterized by _____ serum alkaline phosphatase

Answer: elevated

Flashcard 6: What is the mode of inheritance of Bartter syndrome? _____

Answer: Autosomal recessive

Flashcard 7: Infantile Refsum Disease can present with craniofacial dysmorphism and skeletal abnormalities such as _____

Answer: epiphyseal dysplasia

Flashcard 8: Visual field defect associated with Pituitary adenoma?

Answer: Bitemporal hemianopsia

Extra: Clinical presentation of pituitary adenoma (macroadenoma) occurs due to compression of the optic chiasm. Other symptoms include headache and hormone-specific effects (e.g., hyperprolactinemia).