Sunday, January 9, 2011

Endocrine diseases

List of endocrine diseases:

Thyroid disorders:
  • Goitre
  • Hyperthyroidism
    • Graves-Basedow disease
    • Toxic multinodular goitre
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Thyroiditis
    • Hashimoto's thyroiditis
  • Thyroid cancer
Adrenal disorders:

  • Adrenal insufficiency
    • Addison's disease
    • Mineralocorticoid deficiency
  • Adrenal hormone excess
    • Conn's syndrome
    • Cushing's syndrome
    • GRA/Glucocorticoid remediable aldosteronism
    • Pheochromocytoma
  • Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (adrenogenital syndrome)
  • Adrenocortical carcinoma
Pituitary gland disorders:

Posterior pituitary
  • Diabetes insipidus

Anterior pituitary

  • Hypopituitarism (or Panhypopituitarism)
  • Pituitary tumors
    • Pituitary adenomas
    • Prolactinoma (or Hyperprolactinemia)
    • Acromegaly, gigantism
    • Cushing's disease

Sex hormone disorders:

  • Disorders of sex development or intersex disorders
    • Hermaphroditism
    • Gonadal dysgenesis
    • Androgen insensitivity syndromes
  • Hypogonadism (Gonadotropin deficiency)
    • Inherited (genetic and chromosomal) disorders
      • Kallmann syndrome
      • Klinefelter syndrome
      • Turner syndrome
    • Acquired disorders
      • Ovarian failure (also known as Premature Menopause)
      • Testicular failure
  • Disorders of Gender
    • Gender identity disorder
  • Disorders of Puberty
    • Delayed puberty
    • Precocious puberty
  • Menstrual function or fertility disorders
    • Amenorrhea
    • Polycystic ovary syndrome

Glucose homeostasis disorders:

  • Diabetes mellitus
    • Type 1 Diabetes
    • Type 2 Diabetes
    • Gestational Diabetes
    • Mature Onset Diabetes of the Young
  • Hypoglycemia
    • Idiopathic hypoglycemia
    • Insulinoma
  • Glucagonoma

Calcium homeostasis disorders and Metabolic bone disease:

  • Parathyroid gland disorders
    • Primary hyperparathyroidism
    • Secondary hyperparathyroidism
    • Tertiary hyperparathyroidism
    • Hypoparathyroidism
      • Pseudohypoparathyroidism
  • Osteoporosis
  • Osteitis deformans (Paget's disease of bone)
  • Rickets and osteomalacia

No comments: