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Benign Adrenal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperplasia - Often Bilateral
 • Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
 • ACTH
Diagnosis Algorithm Hyperplasia ... Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia ... • Macronodular Hyperplasia ... Androgen Excess
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia - 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency - Signs and Symptoms
 • Brain: Androgenization effects, Glucocorticoid effects,
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia ... Adrenal: Nodular hyperplasia ... and increased androgen ... Congenital #Adrenal #Hyperplasia
Hirsutism & Virilization - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
ADRENAL EXCESS
Ovarian
 • Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
 • Hyperthecosis
 • Tumor
Adrenal
Congenital Adrenal • Hyperplasia ... Normal Cycles and Androgen
Malignant Adrenal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Suggestive of Malignancy: Inhomogenous Density, Delay in CT Contrast Washout
DO NOT Biopsy Androgen ... • High DHEAS - Androgen ... Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Medications
Aging
 -> Increased Testosterone -> Testosterone metabolized into DHT by type
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia ... > DHT binds to androgen ... cell nuclei -> Hyperplasia ... smooth-muscle hyperplasia ... Benign #Prostatic #Hyperplasia
PCOS Treatment
1st line = weight loss
 • 5-10% weight loss can restore ovulatory cycles
 • Improvement
Prevent endometrial hyperplasia ... protection or anti-androgen
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Hormonal alterations (result of aging process)
    ->
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia ... aromatization of androgens ... Benign #Prostatic #Hyperplasia
Hirsutism - Differential Diagnosis
Defined as excessive dark, coarse, male-pattern hair growth
Hirsutism causes in premenopausal women:
 •
glucocorticoids, androgenic ... Syndrome, Acromegaly, Androgen-secreting ... hyperthecosis • Androgen-secreting ... Glucocorticoids, Androgenic
SEX HORMONE SYNTHESIS, REGULATION, AND FUNCTION - Steroidogenesis

#Pathophysiology #Steroidogenesis #Androgens #Glucocorticoids #Mineralocorticoid
Steroidogenesis #Androgens
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 • Acute renal failure
 • Chronic renal failure
 • Drugs
Increased
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia ... congenital adrenal hypoplasia