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causes 80% of primary hyperparathyroidism
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adenoma of parathyroid
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encapsulated proliferation of chief cells
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adenoma of parathyroid
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most common cause of secondary hyperparathyroidism
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chronic renal disease leading to hypocalcemic stimulation of PTH secretion
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cause of death due to carcinoma of parathyroid
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hyprecalcemia, not widespread organ replacement
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causes of hypoadrenalism
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primary chronic insufficiency (addison's disease)
primary acute insufficiency (crisis in chronix sit) |
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causes of hyperadrenalizm
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hyperaldosteronism (conns syndrome)
hypercortisolism hypersecretion of sex steroid |
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most common cause of adrenocortical hyperfunction
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hypercortisolism
pituitary cushings syndrome, adrenal cushings sydrome, paraneoplastic |
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prognosis of cortical carcinoma of adrenal gland
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poor
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medullary adrenal pathology
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pheochromocytoma
neuroblastoma |
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secretes epi and NE causing HTN
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pheochromocytoma
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only absolute criterion for malignancy in pheochromocytoma or gastrinoma
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presance of metastasis
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most common tumors in infancy and childhood
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neuroblastoma
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increased urinary homovanillic acid, vanillylmandelic acid, dopamine, metanephrine
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neuroblastoma
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arises from chief cells of paraganglia
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paraganglioma
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carotid and aorticopulmonary paraganglioma are termed
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chemodectomas
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most common type of islet cell tumor
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beta cel insulin
insulinoma |
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presents with multiple peptic ulcers, high gastric acid secretion and plasma gastrin levels
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zollinger ellison syndrome
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MEN-1
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gene that predisposes patient to multiple endocrine neuplasia
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MENI
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neoplasms of parathyroid glands, adrenal cortex, pituitary, pancreas
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MENIIa
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pheochromo, medullary carc of thiroid, parathyrroid hyperplasia
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sipple yndrome
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MENIIa
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MENIIb
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same as IIa, no parathyroid abn, but with mucocutaneous neuromas
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