Communication: Discussion Board: Quiz #10 Results
  1. Lack of thyroid hormone in an infant (congenital hypothyroidism) is termed:
    Cretinism

  2. A 40-year old woman presents with truncal obesity, moon facies, thin-wrinkled skin, osteoporosis and muscle weakness. She is found to have an functioning adrenal cortical adenoma. The most appropriate diagnosis is:
    Cushing syndrome

  3. Failure of the adrenal glands to produce sufficient glucocorticoids, mineralicorticoids and androgens (i.e. adrenal insufficiency) causes a fatal wasting disorder termed:
    Addison disease

  4. Acromegaly is caused by:
    Somatotrope adenoma

  5. Deficient iodine intake causes thyroid hormone deficiency, leading to thyroid hypertrophy and hyperplasia. This condition is termed:
    Multinodular goiter

  6. A malignant tumor was removed from a 2-year old child. It is adherent to the upper pole of the kidney, lobulated and hemorrhagic. The most likely diagnosis is:
    Neuroblastoma

  7. A 30-year old woman complains of pain and swelling in her neck. Additional symptoms include weakness, bulging eyes and heat intolerence. Her thyroid gland is tender to palpation and enlarged. Autoantibodies to the TSH receptor are detected in her serum. The most appropriate diagnosis is:
    Graves disease

  8. The development of diabetic complications relates largely to the severity and chronicity of:
    Hyperglycemia

  9. Completely destroyed islets of Langerhans in a young man with hyperglycemia is consistent with:
    Diabetes mellitus type I

  10. Name a disease of the endocrine pancreas associated with lack of exercise and obesity.
    Diabetes mellitus type II