Endocrine disease
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Specialty | Endocrinology |
Endocrine diseases are disorders of the endocrine system. The branch of medicine associated with endocrine disorders is known as endocrinology.
Types of endocrine disease
Broadly speaking, endocrine disorders may be subdivided into three groups:
- Endocrine gland hyposecretion (leading to hormone deficiency)
- Endocrine gland hypersecretion (leading to hormone excess)
- Tumours (benign or malignant) of endocrine glands
Endocrine disorders are often quite complex, involving a mixed picture of hyposecretion and hypersecretion because of the feedback mechanisms involved in the endocrine system. For example, most forms of hyperthyroidism are associated with an excess of thyroid hormone and a low level of thyroid stimulating hormone.
List of endocrine diseases
Adrenal disorders
- Adrenal hormone excess
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (adrenogenital syndrome)
- Adrenocortical carcinoma
Glucose homeostasis disorders
Thyroid disorders
Calcium homeostasis disorders and Metabolic bone disease
- Parathyroid gland disorders
- Osteoporosis
- Osteitis deformans (Paget's disease of bone)
- Rickets and osteomalacia
Pituitary gland disorders
Posterior pituitary
Anterior pituitary
Sex hormone disorders
- Disorders of sex development or intersex disorders
- Hypogonadism (Gonadotropin deficiency)
- Inherited (genetic and chromosomal) disorders
- Acquired disorders
- Ovarian failure (also known as Premature Menopause)
- Testicular failure
- Disorders of Gender
- Disorders of Puberty
- Menstrual function or fertility disorders
Tumours of the endocrine glands not mentioned elsewhere
See also separate organs
- Autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes
- Incidentaloma - an unexpected finding on diagnostic imaging, often of endocrine glands
History
Timme's syndrome is a historical term for pluriglandular disease ( disease involving a number of endocrine organs ) first described in 1919.[1]
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
References
External links
- [Endocrine disorders treatment in Vanadzor Resort]
- Endocrine+system+diseases at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- MedlinePlus Overview endocrinediseases
- Overview at Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
- Endotext
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