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Endocrinology and Diabetes: Clinical Cases Uncovered

ISBN: 978-1-4051-5726-1
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208 pages
March 2009, Wiley-Blackwell
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Preface.

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.

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