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Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Insufficiency Addison's ... /vomiting • Abdominal ... axillary or pubic hair ... insufficiency #addisons ... #disease #endocrinology
Hirsutism - Differential Diagnosis
Defined as excessive dark, coarse, male-pattern hair growth
Hirsutism causes in premenopausal women:
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, male-pattern hair ... growth Hirsutism causes ... tumors Hirsutism causes ... Androgen-secreting tumors: Adrenal ... Differential #Diagnosis #endocrinology
Adrenal Crisis
Do not confuse acute adrenal crisis with Addison disease. In 1855, Thomas Addison described a
crisis with Addison ... In 1855, Thomas Addison ... as the primary symptoms ... with vomiting, abdominal ... hydrocortisonr #ACTH #AI
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS 
OF ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY. 

Primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency:
 - Tiredness, weakness, mental depression
hypotension - Nausea ... nervous system symptoms ... axillary and pubic hair ... Headache, visual symptoms ... #Addisons
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
: Most Common Cause ... Adrenalitis Other causes ... ketoconazole, etomidate) Symptoms ... ) w/ anorexia, abdominal ... Diagnosis #Management #Endocrinology
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Acromegaly - Diagnosis ... hyperhidrosis, hair ... peripheral (bronchial/abdominal ... or refractory cases ... Diagnosis #Management #Endocrinology
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
Calculus AXR ... KUB - Good far ... radiation dose Ultrasound ... of flank or abdominal ... for non-calculus causes