Endocrine disorders adrenal

Endocrine disorders Adrenal Addison s disease and Cushing s disease Diabetes mellitus Parathyroid hyper-/hypo-Reproductive ovary/testicle failure Thyroid hyper-/hypo-... 

An endocrine disorder first described by the British Physician Thomas Addison in the mid 1800 s. The adrenal glands fail to produce sufficient amounts of glucocorticoid hormones (cortisol) and sometime mineralocorticoid (aldosterone). If left untreated it is life-threatening, the patient will show muscle weakness, hyperpigmentation and even depression. Typical treatment is hydrocortisone replacement therapy. 

Other Inflammatory Muscle Disorders Endocrine Myopathies Thyroid Disorders Adrenal Disorders Pituitary Disorders Parathyroid Disorders Pancreatic Disorders Drug-Induced and Toxic Myopathies Management of Muscle Disease... 

Endocrine disorders (hypogonadism and pituitary, adrenal, and thyroid disorders)... 

Endocrine disorders Primary or secondary adrenal cortical insufficiency (hydrocortisone or cortisone is the drug of choice synthetic analogs may be used in conjunction with mineralocorticoids in infancy, mineralocorticoid supplementation is important) congenital adrenal hyperplasia nonsuppurative thyroiditis hypercalcemia associated with cancer. 

Endocrine disorders Thyroid hormone therapy in patients with concomitant diabetes mellitus or insipidus or adrenal insufficiency (Addison disease) exacerbates the intensity of their symptoms. 

Addison s disease an endocrine disorder associated with the adrenal gland, when low levels of steroid hormones are produced. 

Endocrine disorders Hypothyroidism Parathyroid disorders Adrenal disorders Therapeutic dose replacement or adjustment... 

Other endocrine causes of infertility include exogenous androgens, thyroid disorders, adrenal hyperplasia, and testicular failure. Gynecomastia or obesity in the infertile male may signify elevated concentrations of estrogen and possibly testicular feminization syndrome (see earlier section on male reproductive abnormalities). ... 

Hypothermia is often encountered in an elderly patient. It is important to establish if there is an underlying endocrine disorder such as thyroid disease, t>r even adrenal or pituitary hypofunclion (Fig. 3). 

Endocrine disorders (e.g., primary or secondary adrenal cortical insufficiency)... 

Steroid profile analysis (simultaneous measurement of various types of steroids) plays an important role in the clinical evaluation of a number of common endocrine disorders in humans and animal models. LC-MS profiles of steroids in bovine adrenal cells, the rat brain, and human serum have been reported during the past five years (Table 7). 

Miscellaneous Endocrine Disorders Hypopituitarism Adrenocortical insufficiency Adrenal medulla unresponsiveness Myxedema... 

This chapter gives a general overview of the endocrine system. Some detail is given of the thyroid gland, the adrenal glands, the pancreas and disorders of them because health care professionals are likely to come across patients with such disorders. 

Mulliplc endocrine neoplasias are inherited disorders. The syndromes are usually transmitted in an autosomal dominant pattern. The endocrine glands most often affected are the parathyroid, pituitary, pancreas, thyroid and adrenal. It is postulated that the cell types involved in these tumours have a common embryological precursor. There arc three well-dcrmed multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes (Fig. 2). 

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