Saturday, November 15, 2008

Endocrine disease

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Among the hundreds of endocrine diseases (or endocrinological diseases) are:

Adrenal disorders:
Adrenal insufficiency
Addison's disease
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (adrenogenital syndrome)
Mineralocorticoid deficiency
Conn's syndrome
Cushing's syndrome
Pheochromocytoma
Adrenocortical carcinoma

Glucose homeostasis disorders:
Diabetes mellitus
Hypoglycemia
Idiopathic hypoglycemia
Insulinoma

Metabolic bone disease:
Osteoporosis
Osteitis deformans (Paget's disease of bone)
Rickets and osteomalacia

Pituitary gland disorders:
Diabetes insipidus
Hypopituitarism (or Panhypopituitarism)
Pituitary tumors
Pituitary adenomas
Prolactinoma (or Hyperprolactinemia)
Acromegaly, gigantism
Cushing's disease

Parathyroid gland disorders:
Primary hyperparathyroidism
Secondary hyperparathyroidism
Tertiary hyperparathyroidism
Hypoparathyroidism
Pseudohypoparathyroidism

Sex hormone disorders:
Disorders of sex development or intersex disorders
Hermaphroditism
Gonadal dysgenesis
Androgen insensitivity syndromes
Hypogonadism
Gonadotropin deficiency
Kallmann syndrome
Klinefelter syndrome
Ovarian failure
Testicular failure
Turner syndrome
Disorders of Gender
Gender identity disorder
Disorders of Puberty
Delayed puberty
Precocious puberty
Menstrual function or fertility disorders
Amenorrhea
Polycystic ovary syndrome

Thyroid disorders:
Hyperthyroidism and Graves-Basedow disease
Hypothyroidism
Thyroidities
Thyroid cancer

Tumours of the endocrine glands not mentioned elsewhere
Multiple endocrine neoplasia
MEN type 1
MEN type 2a
MEN type 2b

See also separate organs
Autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes
Incidentaloma - an unexpected finding on diagnostic imaging, often of endocrine glands

[edit] See also
Endocrinology
Wikipedia:MeSH C19
ICD-10 Chapter IV: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
List of ICD-9 codes 240-279: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders

[edit] External links
MeSH Endocrine+system+diseases
MedlinePlus Overview endocrinediseases
Overview at Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
Endotext

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