Thyroid Imaging

Jan 16, 2017 by in ENDOCRINOLOGY Comments Off on Thyroid Imaging

Technetium-99m (99mTc) in the form of pertechnetate is trapped by the thyroid gland and other sites that concentrate iodide (salivary glands, gastric mucosa), but it is not organified in the…

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Pseudohypoparathyroidism, Albright’s Hereditary Osteodystrophy, and Progressive Osseous Heteroplasia: Disorders Caused by Inactivating GNAS Mutations

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FIGURE 65-1. Urinary cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) excretion in response to an infusion of bovine parathyroid extract (300 USP units). The peak response in normal subjects () and those with…

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Surgical Management of Hyperparathyroidism

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FIGURE 64-1. Flow diagram for localization strategy in previously unoperated patients. US, Ultrasound. FIGURE 64-2. A, Sestamibi scan showing uptake in thyroid as well as parathyroid tissue. B, Thyroid uptake…

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Hormonal Control of Breast Development

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FIGURE 123-1. Mammary gland of human female at birth formed by several excretory ducts, ending in terminal ducts. A, Detail of the inset showing the club-shaped terminal end bud from…

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Fetal and Neonatal Endocrinology

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FIGURE 145-1. Cartoon illustrating the cascade on transcription factor genes programming hypothalamic and pituitary embryogenesis and function. Most of this information was derived from genetic studies in mice. The list…

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Hypopituitarism and Growth Hormone Deficiency

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FIGURE 13-1. Standard mortality rates (SMR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) in individual studies on patients with nonmalignant pituitary diseases not associated with excess adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) or growth hormone…

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Pheochromocytoma

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FIGURE 109-1. A, Anatomic distribution of extra-adrenal chromaffin tissue in the newborn. B, Locations of extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas reported in the literature up to 1965. (From Coupland R: The Natural History…

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Androgen Deficiency Disorders

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FIGURE 139-1. A, An 18-year-old male with isolated hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. Note the normal height, long arms and legs, poor muscular development, and prominent gynecomastia. Although his testes and phallus are…

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Cushing’s Syndrome

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The mechanism whereby the POMC gene becomes derepressed in noncorticotroph tumors is not understood. One hypothesis is that these cells are derived from a common multipotential progenitor cell capable of…

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