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Hirsutism - Differential Diagnosis
Defined as excessive dark, coarse, male-pattern hair growth
Hirsutism causes in premenopausal women:
 •
growth Hirsutism causes ... Syndrome, Acromegaly ... Hirsutism causes ... Syndrome, Acromegaly ... Differential #Diagnosis #endocrinology
Hirsutism & Virilization - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
ADRENAL EXCESS
Ovarian
 • Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
 • Hyperthecosis
 • Tumor
Adrenal
Hyperthecosis • Tumor ... Hyperplasia • Cushing's ... Syndrome Tumor ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #endocrinology ... #causes
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Cushing's Syndrome ... Diagnosis and Clinical ... skin with stretch marks ... abdomen for adrenal tumors ... signs #symptoms #endocrinology
Hyperglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diabetes Mellitus:
 • Impaired Glucose Tolerance
 • Type I Diabetes
 • Type
Endocrinopathy: • Cushing's ... Syndrome • Acromegaly ... agonists • Others Critical ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #endocrinology ... #causes
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
• Turner Syndrome ... Endrocrine • Cushing's ... Nervosa • CNS Tumors ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #endocrinology ... #causes #pediatrics
Horner's Syndrome: Loss of sympathetic nervous system input to (in this case) right eye. 
Note that
Horner's Syndrome ... was due to tumor ... Images #Clinical ... Ophthalmology #Photo ... #Horners #Syndrome
Growth Hormone Excess - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Acromegaly and gigantism share the same pathophysiology
Pathogenesis and clinical ... • Other rare causes ... neuroendocrine tumors ... Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ... signs #symptoms #endocrinology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic ... Hypercalcemia, Cushing's ... syndrome, Acromegaly ... White-coat syndrome
Causes of Hypocalcemia by Clinical Cause

Acute illness: pancreatitis, tumor lysis, severe illness - Secondary hyperparathyroidism from
Causes of Hypocalcemia ... by Clinical Cause ... pancreatitis, tumor ... Malabsorption syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Endocrinology
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... pancreatic islet cell tumor ... Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome ... or refractory cases ... Diagnosis #Management #Endocrinology