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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS 
OF ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY. 

Primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency:
 - Tiredness, weakness, mental depression
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS ... nervous system symptoms ... Headache, visual symptoms ... - Diabetes insipidus ... #Signs #Symptoms
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Hypoparathyroidism - Type 1 diabetes ... Androgens: • Symptoms ... physical: - Symptoms ... addisons #disease #endocrinology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Malignant Adrenal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Suggestive of Malignancy: Inhomogenous Density, Delay in CT Contrast Washout
Malignant Adrenal ... Irregular Shape, Diameter ... High Plasma E2 + Clinical ... Often Bilateral) Adrenal ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Endocrinology
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Note: in DKA, body K+ is lost
Diabetic Ketoacidosis ... Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Signs/Symptoms/Complications ... pathophysiology #endocrinology ... #diabetes
Pituitary Mass Effects - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Pituitary turnors are almost always a benign
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... following order; GH, LH ... Signs / Symptoms ... Hyperprolactinemia • Diabetes ... #SideEffects #endocrinology
21-Hydroxylase Deficiency (21-OHD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Autosomal recessive mutation in CYP21A2 coding for the enzyme 21-OHase
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... 21-OHD in the adrenal ... as "congenital adrenal ... Signs/Symptoms/Complications ... pathophysiology #genetics #endocrinology
Upper Urinary Tract infection (UUTI): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Predisposing Factors:
 - Immunocompromised, Diabetes,
 - Elderly, Female
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Immunocompromised, Diabetes ... them to adhere to renal ... Pathophysiology #Signs #Symptoms
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Diagnosis and Clinical ... the abdomen for adrenal ... tumors • The adrenal ... Diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #endocrinology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... lymphoproliferative syndrome Clinical ... : • Renal artery ... vegetations APLA/LAC ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms