Endocrine disorders

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Endocrine disorders are disorders of the endocrine system which can have extensive psychological and physical implications.

The disorders can be caused by a number of factor. Some are genetic, some the result of diseaes processes such as endocrine neoplasms or they may result from endocrine gland surgery.

• Adrenal gland disorders:
  • Adrenal insufficiency
    • Addison's disease
    • Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (adrenogenital syndrome)
    • Mineralocorticoid deficiency
  • Conn's syndrome
  • Cushing's syndrome
  • Pheochromocytoma
  • Adrenocortical carcinoma
• Glucose homeostasis disorders:
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Hypoglycemia
    • Idiopathic hypoglycemia
    • Insulinoma
• Metabolic bone disease:
  • Osteoporosis
  • Osteitis deformans (Paget's disease of bone)
  • Rickets and osteomalacia
• Pituitary disorders:
  • Diabetes insipidus
  • Hypopituitarism (or Panhypopituitarism)
  • Pituitary tumors
    • Pituitary adenomas
    • Prolactinoma (or Hyperprolactinemia)
    • Acromegaly, gigantism
    • Cushing's disease
• Parathyroid disorders:
  • Primary hyperparathyroidism
  • Secondary hyperparathyroidism
  • Tertiary hyperparathyroidism
  • Hypoparathyroidism
    • Pseudohypoparathyroidism
• Sex hormone disorders:
  • Disorders of sex development or intersex disorders
    • Endocrine sexual disorders
    • Gonadal dysgenesis
    • Hermaphroditism
    • Androgen insensitivity syndromes
  • Hypogonadism
    • Gonadotropin deficiency
    • Kallmann syndrome
    • Klinefelter syndrome
    • Ovarian failure
    • Testicular failure
    • Turner syndrome
  • Disorders of Gender
    • Gender identity disorder
  • Disorders of Puberty
    • Delayed puberty
    • Precocious puberty
  • Menstrual function or fertility disorders
    • Amenorrhea
    • Polycystic ovary syndrome
• Parathyroid disorders
• Thyroid disorders:
  • Hyperthyroidism and Graves-Basedow disease
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Thyroiditis
  • Thyroid cancer
• Tumours of the endocrine glands not mentioned elsewhere
  • Multiple endocrine neoplasia
    • MEN type 1
    • MEN type 2a
    • MEN type 2b
  • See also separate organs
• Autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes
• Incidentaloma - an unexpected finding on diagnostic imaging, often of endocrine glands

[edit] See also

• Endocrinology
• Endocrine gland secretion
• Hypothermia
• ICD-10 Chapter IV: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
• List of ICD-9 codes 240-279: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders
• Migraine headache
• Secretion (gland)
• Somatoform disorders

[edit] External links

• MeSH Endocrine+system+diseases
• MedlinePlus Overview endocrinediseases
• Overview at Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy

v·d·e Endocrine pathology of psychological interest (E00-35)

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