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Chapter 24: Endocrine Flashcards

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Define microadenoma of the pituitary

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<1 cm

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Features of diabetes insipidus

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  • deficiency of ADH
  • inability of kidney to reabsorb water -> polyuria
  • causes: head trauma, tumors, etc (central)
  • nephrogenic results from non-responsiveness of renal tubules to circulating ADH
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Features of SIADH

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  • hyponatremia from excessive water reabsorption with cerebral edema
  • causes: ectopic ADH from non-pituitary tumors, drugs, CNS disorders
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Two variants of craniopharyngioma

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Adamantinomatous: usually children
-stratified squamous epithelium with peripheral palisading in a spongy reticulum with wet keratin formation
-dystrophic calcs, fibrosis, cyst formation
Papillary: usually adults
-sheets and papillae of squamous epithelium
-usually no calcs, keratin or cysts
-no peripheral palisading

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Cardiac effects of hyperthyroidism

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Palpitations and arrhythmia (esp. A fib)

Myocardial lymphocytes and eosinophils with fibrosis and fatty infiltration, sometimes resulting in LV dysfunction

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What is cretinism?

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  • congenital/early childhood hypothyroidism
  • less common with supplementation of iodine
  • impaired CNS and skeletal development
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Pathogenesis of Hashimoto thyroiditis

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  • loss of self-tolerance to thyroid autoantigens
  • patients have circulating anti-thyroglobulin and thyroid peroxidase antibodies
  • CD8 cytotoxic cell death and cytokine mediated cell death in addition to antibody mediated effects
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Etiology of subacute (granulomatous/deQuervain) thyroiditis

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Viral trigger usually

-stimulation of cytotoxic T cells that attack thyroid follicular cells

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Histology of subacute thyroiditis

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  • patchy involvement of the gland
  • early: neutrophilic destruction of follicles
  • later: lymphocytes, macrophages, giant cells and granulomas
  • even later: fibrosis
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Biochemical/radioactive iodine findings in subacute thyroiditis?

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Increased T3 and T4 and decreased TSH

Decreased uptake of radioactive iodine

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Histologic findings of Graves disease

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  • diffuse hypertrophy and hyperplasia of follicular cells
  • tall, crowded follicular cells, sometimes forming micropapillae
  • pale, scalloped colloid
  • lymphoid infiltrates and germinal centres
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Features associated with higher likelihood of a thyroid nodule being neoplastic

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  • younger age
  • history of radioactive iodine
  • male gender
  • solitary nodule
  • cold nodules more likely malignant than hot nodules
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Pathogenesis of follicular thyroid carcinoma

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PI3/AKT signalling pathway mutations

  • includes RAS gain of function and PTEN loss of function
  • end result is activating of oncogenic pathway

t(2;3) found in some follicular carcinomas: PAX-PPARG fusion gene

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Special features of tall cell variant of PTC

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  • older patients, more aggressive
  • most have BRAF mutations, some with RET/PTC translocations in addition, which may account for more aggressive behaviour
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Special features of the diffuse sclerosing variant of PTC

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  • younger patients including children
  • papillary growth but with extensive fibrosis
  • no BRAF mutations; some have RET/PTC
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Histologic features of follicular thyroid carcinoma

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  • often well circumscribed proliferations of small follicles with or without colloid
  • sometimes Hurthle cell dominant
  • vascular invasion: either in or outside the capsule
  • capsular invasion
  • no nuclear features of PTC
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What are the contents of oxyphil and chief cells?

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Chief cells: parathyroid hormone secretory granules

Oxyphil cells: mitochondria and glycogen granules but no PTH granules

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Functions of parathyroid hormone

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  • increased gut absorption of calcium
  • increases renal conversion of Vit D to its active form
  • increases renal reuptake of calcium
  • increases urinary phosphate excretion
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Causes of primary hyperparathyroidism and their frequencies

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Adenoma (85%)
Hyperplasia (5-10%)
Carcinoma (1%)

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Familial syndromes with primary hyperparathyroidism

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MEN1: 11q13; both adenomas and hyperplasias
-mutations in MEN1 can also be found in sporadic adenomas
MEN2A: RET mutations chr 10
Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia::
-inactivating mutations in calcium sensing receptor gene (CASR) (3q)

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Molecular defects identified in sporadic parathyroid adenomas

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CyclinD1

MEN1

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Features of parathyroid adenoma

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  • 0.5-5 gm
  • other glands are normal weight
  • peripheral rim of normal thyroid tissue
  • may see endocrine atypia but usually no mitoses
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Pathologic features of parathyroid carcinoma

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  • may exceed 10 gm in weight
  • usually uniform cells often not distinguishable from adenoma
  • diagnosis of malignancy rests of invasion of surrounding tissues and metastasis
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Extra-parathyroid manifestations of hyperparathyroidism

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Osteitis fibrosa cystica: thinned bone cortex with marrow replaced by cysts and fibrosis due to increased osteoclastic activity
Brown tumors
Nephrolithiasis
Metastatic calcification in other tissues

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Cause of secondary hyperparathyroidism?
Usually, chronic renal failure -impaired urinary phosphate excretion leads to hyperphosphatemia that depresses serum calcium levels and thereby increases PTH secretion
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Tertiary hyperparathyroidism?
Parathyroid activity becomes autonomous such that it doesn't require stimulation from low serum calcium to produce PTH. May require parathyroidectomy.
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Product and function of pancreatic alpha cells?
Glucagon secretion | Causes hyperglycemia
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Product and function of pancreatic delta cells?
Somatostatin secretion | Inhibits both insulin and glucagon release
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What cell types secrete VIP and serotonin, respectively?
VIP: D1 cells Serotonin: Enterochromaffin cells
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Main pathology of type I diabetes
- destruction of beta cells resulting in absolute lack of insulin - loss of self-tolerance with putative antigens being insulin, glutamic acid decarboxylase, and islet cell autoantigen 512
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Main pathology of type II diabetes
- peripheral resistance to insulin action and an inadequate response by beta cells (relative insulin deficiency) - no autoimmune factors have been implicated in the pathogenesis
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Genetic factors in type I DM
HLA type, especially DR3 and DR4 | -other implicated genes include 'insulin', CTLA4 and PTPN22
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Which probably has a larger genetic contribution, type I or type II DM?
Probably type II, with higher concordance in monozygotic twins
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Factors by which obesity negatively influences insulin resistance
- adipokines - nonesterified fatty acids - inflammation - peroxisome-proliferator activated receptor gamma
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Monogenic causes of diabetes
- genetic defects in beta cell function (MODY; 6 different genes have been implicated) - genetic defects in insulin action (mutations of the insulin receptor)
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Metabolic pathways implicated in the deleterious effects in diabetes
- formation of advanced glycation end products: causes inflammation, ROS production, proliferation of vascular smooth muscle and procoagulant effects - activation of protein kinase C: pro-angiogenic, pro-fibrogenic, and pro-inflammatory effects - intercellular hyperglycemia and disturbances in polyol pathways
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Macrovascular disease in diabetes
- results from endothelial dysfunction | - accelerated atherosclerosis: myocardial infarction, gangrene of extremities
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Other systemic changes in DM
- hyaline arteriolosclerosis (also associated with hypertension, but more prevalent in diabetics) - diabetic microangiopathy (basement membrane thickening with leaky capillaries: underlies diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy
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Features of diabetic nephropathy
- glomerular lesions - vascular lesions (hyaline arteriolosclerosis) - pyelonephritis and papillary necrosis
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Features of glomerular lesions in DM
- diffuse mesangial matrix increase - diffuse basement membrane thickening - nodular glomerulosclerosis (Kimmelstiel-Wilson nodules, PAS positive) with fibrin caps (in capillary loops) and capsular drops (adherent to Bowman's capsule)
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Most common causes of mortality in DM?
Myocardial infarction, renal insufficiency, cerebrovascular accidents
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Features of gastrinoma
- over 50% malignant - may arise in duodenum, pancreas or peripancreatic soft tissues - produce ZE syndrome: pancreatic tumor, gastric acid hypersecretion and peptic ulceration - 25% associated with MEN1
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What is the gross feature of adrenal glands in Cushing disease?
Nodular cortical hyperplasia
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Features of adrenal carcinomas
- more often functional than adenomas; often associated with virilization - large, invasive tumors - variegated, hemorrhagic and necrotic cut surface - may be well differentiated or composed of monster cells
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Features of MEN1
- hyperparathyroidism: both adenomas and hyperplasias - pancreatic endocrine tumors - pituitary adenomas (prolactinoma most common) -also, duodenal gastrinomas, carcinoid tumors, thyroid and adrenal adenomas, lipomas
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What is the mutation in MEN1
- germline mutation in MEN1 (menin) | - normal menin activates some cell cycle inhibitors such as p16
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What syndromes are associated with pituitary tumors?
Carney complex (PRKAR1A) Pituitary adenoma predisposition syndrome (mutations of AIP) MEN1 (menin) MEN1-like syndrome (CDKN1B/p27)
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What are features of autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes types 1 and 2?
APS1: mutations in autoimmunre regulator gene (AIRE) -autoimmune hypoparathyroidism, mucocutaneous candidiasis, primary adrenal insufficiency, idiopathic hypogonadism, pernicious anemia and ectodermal dysplasia; absence of AIRE compromises central tolerance to peripheral antigens, resulting in autoimmunity APS2: adrenal insufficiency and autoimmune thyroiditis without other signs of ASP1 (more common, more heterogenous genetically)
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What are candidate genes for type 2 DM?
- TCF7L2 - PPARG - FTO
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What are the main causes of primary hyperaldosteronism?
- idiopathic bilateral (most common) - adrenocortical adenoma or carcinoma - glucocorticoid remediable hyperaldosteronism due to ACTH (rare)
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What are clinical features of hyperaldosteronism?
- hypertension | - hypokalemia (causing weakness, paesthesia, visual disturbance, tetany)
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What's the most common enzyme deficiency in congenital adrenal hyperplasia?
21 hydroxylase deficiency; may have salt wasting forms or simple virilizing forms -adrenals are hyperplastic because of stimulation by ACTH, but glucocorticoids can't be made
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What are most common causes of primary chronic adrenocortical insufficiency?
- autoimmune adrenalitis (60-70%), due to autoantibodies to steroidogenic enzymes - tuberculosis - AIDS - metastatic cancer
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What are clinical features of Addison disease?
- weakness and fatigability - GI distrubances - hyperpigmentation due to increased levels of POMC (a precursor of ACTH - not seen in adrenocortical insufficiency caused by a primary pituitary or hypothalamic disease) - hyperkalemia - hyponatremia - volume depletion - hypotension
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What underlying pathogenic mechanism do the SDHB C and D syndromes and VHL have in common?
All probably lead to stabilization of HIF1 alpha
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What is catecholamine cardiomyopathy?
- a consequence of paroxysms of hypertension seen in pheochromocytoma - acute CHF, pulmonary edema, myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, etc.
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