Main description:

This 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

Contents:

PITUITARY

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