Insulin Resistance and Hypertension
2. Caumo A, Bergman RN, Cobelli C. Insulin sensitivity from meal tolerance tests in normal subjects: a minimal model index. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2000;85(11):4396–402.PubMedCrossRef 3. Pillonetto G, Caumo A,…
Central Mineralocorticoid Receptors and Cardiovascular Disease
Fig. 14.1 Brain areas crucial to mineralocorticoid-salt and renovascular hypertension History A century after Addison described patients with adrenal cortical destruction as having “asthenic” hearts, deoxycorticosterone, DOC, the first mineralocorticoid…
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Fig. 5.1 Pathway of adrenal steroid biosynthesis. The enzymes responsible for each biosynthetic step are above or adjacent to arrows. Each box represents a respective zone of the adrenal cortex….
Metabolic Syndrome Case
In order to determine the appropriate risk of metabolic syndrome, we should use Risk-Adjusted BMI, which takes the degree of central obesity into account. Waist measure or waist to hip…
Bariatric Surgery
Fig. 52.1 Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery. Diagram courtesy of Dr. Daniel Herron Optimizing Glycemic Control Prior to Surgery An appropriate preoperative screening includes prior history of failure to lose…
Severe Hypertriglyceridemia
and Sergio Fazio2 (1) Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216, USA (2) William and Sonja Connor Chair…
Klinefelter Syndrome
Congenital Acquired Klinefelter syndrome Trauma Cryptorchidism Orchitis Immune polyglandular failure Spinal cord injury Congenital anorchia Medications: ketoconazole, cancer chemotherapy Noonan’s syndrome X-irradiation Lawrence–Moon–Bardet–Biedl syndrome Retroperitoneal fibrosis Myotonic dystrophy Amyloidosis Sickle…
Idiopathic Granulomatous Hypophysitis Masquerading as a Pituitary Adenoma: Are There Reliable Diagnostic Criteria?
Fig. 4.1 T1-weighted coronal and sagittal MR images show diffusive enlargement and enhancement of the pituitary gland. The gland pyramidal in shape extending to hypophyseal stalk from the sellar base….
Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Cancer
Fig. 17.1 An unsuspected paraspinal mass in a patient with a history of toxic multinodular goiter and progressive low back pain. A paraspinal mass is shown at L3, with complete…
Low Testosterone and the Metabolic Syndrome
Ref Testosterone, ng/dL (nmol/L) SHBG (nmol/L) LH (mIU/mL) Estradiol, pg/mL (pmol/L) Baseline Post Baseline Post Baseline Post Baseline Post 1 13.4 ± 1.8 +58 %* 4.9 ± 0.8 +8 % 2 340 ± 21 +100 %* …
