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MED SURG EXAM 3 - Comprehensive review of the material covered for Professor Martinez Medical
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MED SURG EXAM 3
ENDOCRINE DISORDERS (CH 52)
ADRENAL + PITUITARY DISORDERS
PITUITARY GLAND
-Abnormalities of the anterior and posterior portion of the gland may occur independently
-Hypofunction of the pituitary gland (hypopituitarism) can result from disease of the pituitary gland
itself or of the hypothalamus (result is essentially the same)
-hypopituitarism can result from radiation therapy to the head + neck
-Total destruction of pituitary gland (ex. by trauma or tumor) removes all stimuli that are normally received by thyroid,
gonads, and adrenal glands. Result is extreme weight loss, emaciation, atrophy of all endocrine glands + organs, hair
loss, impotence, amenorrhea, hypometabolism, and hypoglycemia…Coma + death occur if missing hormones are not
replaced
ANTERIOR PITUITARY
-TSH, ACTH, FSH, and LH
release hormones from other endocrine glands
-Prolactin
acts on the breast to stimulate milk production
-GH
protein hormone that increases protein synthesis in many tissues, increases the breakdown of
fatty acids in adipose tissue, and increases the glucose level in the blood (these actions of GH are
essential for normal growth)
Oversecretion:
• ACTH (Cushing’s)
• “Cushing’s syndrome – elevated cortisol level; blood sugar may be high”
•Basophilic tumors giv
• rise to Cushing syndrome with features highly attributable to hyperadrenalism, including masculinization and
amenorrhea in females, truncal obesity, HTN, osteoporosis, and polycythemia
• GH (acromegaly)
•Acromegaly = excess of GH in adults, results in enlargement of peripheral body parts without an increase in height
•Oversecretion of GH in children results in gigantism, person may grow up to 7 or 8 feet tall
•“Acromegaly – hypersecretion of GH; everything will be overdeveloped
–a lot of cardiac complications *
–sometimes they cannot see properly
–enlarged extremities, forehead
–female – might have issues with periods, anuria, or unable to have babies”
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