REVIEW THE FOLLOWING ITEMS FOR EACH DISEASE
1. MANAGEMENT
2. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
3. DEFINITIVE DIAGNOSIS
4. UNDERLYING PATHOLOGY
ANTERIOR PITUITARY DISORDERS:
1. Growth hormone
a. Acromegaly or gigantism
b. Dwarfism
2. ACTH
a. Deficiency
b. Cushing's disease
3. Prolactin hypersecretion
4. Thyrotropin (TSH) deficiency
5. Gonadotropins
a. Hypogonadism
b. Precocious puberty
POSTERIOR PITUITARY DISORDERS:
1. Diabetes insipidus (central)
2. Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
3. Syndrome of inappropriate ADH
ADRENAL GLAND DISORDERS:
1. Cushing's syndrome
2. Addison's disease
3. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
a. 21-hydroxylase deficiency
b. 11-hydroxylase deficiency
4. Pheochromocytoma
THYROID GLAND DISORDERS:
1. Congenital hypothyroidism
2. Acquired hypothyroidism
a. Hashimoto's thyroiditis
b. Previous radiation treatment
3. Grave's disease
4. Thyroid nodules
CALCIUM & PARATHYROID DISORDERS:
1. Primary hypoparathyroidism
2. Secondary hypoparathyroidism
3. Pseudohypoparathyroidism
4. Rickets
5. Neonatal hypocalcemia
DISORDERS OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM:
1. Diabetes mellitus
a. Type I (IDDM)
b. Type II (NIDDM)
2. Hypoglycemia
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