Endocrine diseases
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| Endocrine diseases Classification and external resources | |
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|---|---|
| Major endocrine glands. (Male left, female on the right.) 1. Pineal gland 2. Pituitary gland 3. Thyroid gland 4. Thymus 5. Adrenal gland 6. Pancreas 7. Ovary 8. Testes | |
| ICD-10 | E00-35 |
| ICD-9 | 240-259 |
| MeSH | D004700 |
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Overview
Among the hundreds of endocrine diseases (or endocrinological diseases) are:
- Adrenal disorders:
- Adrenal insufficiency
- Addison's disease
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (adrenogenital syndrome)
- Mineralocorticoid deficiency
- Conn's syndrome
- Cushing's syndrome
- Pheochromocytoma
- Adrenocortical carcinoma
- Adrenal insufficiency
- Glucose homeostasis disorders:
- Metabolic bone disease:
- Osteoporosis
- Osteitis deformans (Paget's disease of bone)
- Rickets and osteomalacia
- Pituitary gland disorders:
- Parathyroid gland disorders:
- Sex hormone disorders:
- Disorders of sex development or intersex disorders
- Hypogonadism
- Gonadotropin deficiency
- Kallmann syndrome
- Klinefelter syndrome
- Ovarian failure
- Testicular failure
- Turner syndrome
- Disorders of Gender
- Disorders of Puberty
- Menstrual function or fertility disorders
- Thyroid disorders:
- Tumours of the endocrine glands not mentioned elsewhere
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia
- MEN type 1
- MEN type 2a
- MEN type 2b
- See also separate organs
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia
- Autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes
- Incidentaloma - an unexpected finding on diagnostic imaging, often of endocrine glands
See also
- Endocrinology
- Wikipedia:MeSH C19
- ICD-10 Chapter IV: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
- List of ICD-9 codes 240-279: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders
External links
- MeSH Endocrine+system+diseases
- MedlinePlus Overview endocrinediseases
- Overview at Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
Acknowledgement and Attribution Regarding Sources of Content
Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
