Endocrinology and Diabetes: Clinical Cases UncoveredISBN: 978-1-4051-5726-1
Paperback
208 pages
March 2009, Wiley-Blackwell
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Acknowledgements.
How to use this book.
List of abbreviations.
Part 1 Basics.
The pituitary gland.
The thyroid.
Bone and calcium metabolism.
The adrenal glands.
The reproductive system.
The pancreas.
Lipid abnormalities and obesity.
The neuroendocrine system.
Part 2 Cases.
Case 1 A 19-year-old with abdominal pain and vomiting.
Case 2 A 35-year-old woman with palpitation and irritability.
Case 3 A 61-year-old man with polyuria, polydipsia, cough and weight loss.
Case 4 A 44-year-old woman with visual problems.
Case 5 A 20-year-old man with recent diagnosis of diabetes.
Case 6 Tiredness and weight gain in a 30-year-old woman with diabetes.
Case 7 Acute confusion in an 82-year-old with known type 2 diabetes.
Case 8 A 42-year-old man with headaches, increased sweating and sexual dysfunction.
Case 9 Amenorrhoea in an 18-year-old.
Case 10 A 28-year-old with tiredness and abnormal thyroid function postpartum.
Case 11 A 33-year-old man with polyuria and polydipsia.
Case 12 A 62-year-old man with tiredness and hyponatraemia.
Case 13 Excess hair in a 29-year-old woman.
Case 14 A 52-year-old woman with paroxysmal atrial fi brillation and abnormal thyroid function.
Case 15 A 22-year-old man with hypertension.
Case 16 A 20-year-old woman with polyuria and polydipsia.
Case 17 A 78-year-old man with pain in the leg and knee.
Case 18 A 32-year-old woman with a lump in the neck.
Case 19 A 26-year-old with headaches and hypertension.
Case 20 Sweating, nausea and hand tremor in a 24-year-old woman.
Case 21 A 19-year-old man with sexual dysfunction.
Case 22 A 38-year-old woman with muscular aches and weakness.
Case 23 A wrist fracture in a 56-year-old woman.
Case 24 A 37-year-old woman with recurrent fl ushing.
Case 25 A 46-year-old man with an abnormal lipid profile.
Part 3 Self-assessment.
MCQs.
EMQs.
SAQs.
Answers.
Index of cases by diagnosis.
Index.
Colour plate section.