Description
Book SynopsisThis book is a practical guide to the diagnosis and management of endocrine disorders.
Presented as a collection of 21 clinical cases, topics cover pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands, testes, ovary, and diabetes.
Each case follows a step by step, uniform approach, explaining history, examination and investigation, diagnosis, and treatment.
The comprehensive text is further enhanced by clinical photographs, diagrams and tables to assist learning.
Key points
- Practical guide to diagnosis and management of endocrine disorders
- Step by step approach presented as 21 clinical cases
- Seven sections cover pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands, testes, ovary, and diabetes
- Photographs, diagrams and tables further enhance the comprehensive text
Table of ContentsPITUITARY
- PITUITARY APOPLEXY
- CEREBRAL SALT WASTING
- SHEEHANS SYNDROME
- RAYNAUDS PHENOMENON IN ACROMEGALY
- APPROACH TO A CASE OF HYPERPROLACTINEMIA
DIABETES
- DIABETES IN YOUNG
- THALASSEMIA AND ENDOCRINE DISORDERS
- MUCORMYCOSIS IN A DIABETIC PATIENT
THYROID
- MYXODEMIC COMA
- APPROACH TO A THYROID NODULE
PARATHYROID AND BONE
- OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA
- RENAL TUBULAR ACIDOSIS
- MCUNE ALBRIGHT SYNDROME
- MEN 1 SYNDROME
ADRENALS
- PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM (CONNS SYNDROME)
TESTES
- PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY IN MALES
- APPROACH TO A CASE OF GYNECOMASTIA
OVARY
- MENOPAUSE
- PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY IN FEMALE
- PRIMARY OVARIAN INSUFFICIENCY
- POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN DISEASE
