Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

by Camacho; Pauline

• ISBN13: 9781840761214
• ISBN10: 1840761210
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2011-02-04
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

The Colour Handbook is a compact yet complete guide to the diagnosis and treatment of endocrine and metabolic disorders. It provides thorough discussion of each disease and a wealth of colour images. The book is of value to young physicians/residents, to trainee endocrinologists and to senior medical students.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 4
Acknowledgements	p. 4
Contibutors	p. 5
Abbreviations	p. 6
Thyroid disorders	p. 9
Normal thyroid	p. 10
Thyrotoxicosis	p. 12
Graves' disease	p. 15
Hypothyroidism	p. 20
Thyroiditis	p. 22
Thyroid cancer	p. 31
Diabetes mellitus	p. 39
Introduction	p. 40
Retinopathy	p. 41
Nephropathy	p. 43
Neuropathy	p. 45
Skin manifestations	p. 48
The diabetic foot	p. 54
Cardiovascular disease in diabetes	p. 57
Secondary causes of diabetes	p. 60
Therapeutic options for type 2 diabetes	p. 64
Metabolic bone disorders	p. 65
Osteoporosis	p. 66
Primary hyperparathyroidism	p. 71
Hypoparathyroidism and pseudohypoparathyroidism	p. 75
Paget's disease	p. 78
Osteomalacia	p. 82
Sclerotic bone disorders	p. 87
Hypothalamic-pituitary disorders	p. 91
Inrroduction	p. 92
Pituitary adenomas	p. 92
Prolactinoma	p. 96
Acromegaly	p. 99
Cushing disease and ectopic ACTH syndrome	p. 104
Other pituitary adenomas	p. 107
Pituitary apoplexy	p. 110
Posterior pituitary	p. 111
Adrenal disorders	p. 113
Anatomy and physiology of the adrenal gland	p. 114
Adrenal insufficiency	p. 115
Primary aldosteronism	p. 120
Pheochromocytoma	p. 124
Cushing syndrome	p. 130
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia	p. 136
Adrenocortical carcinoma	p. 140
Adrenal incidentaloma	p. 143
Female and male reproductive disorders	p. 149
Polycystic ovary syndrome	p. 150
Female infertility	p. 152
Hyperprolactinemia	p. 154
Secondary amenorrhea	p. 156
Primary amenorrhea	p. 158
Menopause	p. 161
Male infertility	p. 162
Male hypogonadism	p. 163
Gynecomastia	p. 166
Lipid disorders	p. 169
Lipid disorders	p. 170
Lipoprotein (a)	p. 187
Homocysteine	p. 187
Future directions	p. 187
Multiple endocrine neoplasia, neuroendocrine tumors, and other endocrine disorders	p. 189
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1	p. 190
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2	p. 196
Carcinoid syndrome	p. 202
Autoimmune polyglandular syndromes	p. 204
Further reading and bibliography	p. 206
Index	p. 213
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