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[h] Endocrinology Flashcards

[i] Master this session in just 5 minutes.

[q] Although aldosterone causes increased renal reabsorption of sodium, most patients do not have edema or clinically significant hypernatremia due to ………..?

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[q] What is the most likely diagnosis?

45 years old patient presenting with hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, and muscular weakness or paresthesias with suppressed plasma renin?

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[q] Symptoms of hyperaldosteronism + ↓ renin —> ……….?

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[q] Symptoms of hyperaldosteronism + ↑ renin —-> ………..?

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[q] What is the most likely diagnosis?

2 weeks old female child presenting with ambiguous genitalia with clitoromegaly, vomiting, hypotension, hyponatremia, and hyperkalemia, with increased renin activity and hypoglycemia. The child has high serum level of 17-hydroxyprogesterone?

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[q] What is the most likely diagnosis?

2 weeks old female child presenting with ambiguous genitalia with clitoromegaly, low-renin hypertension, hypokalemia and hypoglycemia?

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[q] ……….. is a tumor of the chromaffin tissue of the adrenal medulla (arise from neural crest) that causes increased production of catecholamines (norepinephrine, epinephrine and dopamine).

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[q]………… are extraradrenal pheochromocytomas of sympathetic ganglia located primarily within the abdomen and that secrete norepinephrine.

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[q] What is the most likely diagnosis?

36 years old patient presenting with episodic hypertension, headache, diaphoresis, and palpitations with ↑ catecholamines and metanephrines (homovanillic acid, vanillylmandelic acid) in urine and plasma?

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[q] What is the most likely diagnosis?

3 years old child presenting with is abdominal distension and a firm, irregular mass that cross the midline with increased Homovanilic acid and vanillylmandelic acid in urine. Biopsy shows Homer-Wright rosettes is characteristic (neuroblasts surrounding a central lumen) and Bombesin and neuron-specific enolase positive?

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