Diseases
07 Jan 2004
Diabetes insipidus: Nephrogenic
Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus is a disorder of the kidneys. They are unable to conserve water due to abnormal response to antidiuretic hormone (ADH).
Diseases
06 Jan 2004
Sheehan's syndrome (postpartum hypopituitarism; postpartum pituitary insufficiency)
Sheehan's syndrome or postpartum hypopituitarism refers to reduced hormone secretion from the pituitary gland due to blood loss in childbirth.
Diseases
02 Jan 2004
Testosterone deficiency (primary hypogonadism; secondary hypogonadism; hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism)
Testosterone deficiency or male hypogonadism is a condition in which a man produces abnormally low levels of the male sex hormone testosterone.
Diseases
30 Dec 2003
Chromaffin tumours (phaeochromocytoma)
Chromaffin tumours, or phaeochromocytoma of the adrenal gland, affect hormone production. About 10% are cancerous. Treatment involves surgery.
Diseases
30 Dec 2003
Pituitary dwarfism (growth hormone deficiency, panhypopituitarism)
Pituitary dwarfism or panhypopituitarism is a growth hormone deficiency that causes children to be abnormally short, with otherwise normal body proportions.
Diseases
30 Dec 2003
Empty sella syndrome (ESS)
Empty sella syndrome is a condition in which the pituitary gland cannot be seen on radiological imaging within a bony structure called the sella turica.
Diseases
29 Dec 2003
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN I; endocrine adenomatosis; Wermer’s syndrome)
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 is a genetic condition characterised by tumour growth in the endocrine glands. Tumours are typically benign.
Diseases
29 Dec 2003
Multiple endocrine neoplasia II (MEN II; Sipple’s syndrome)
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (or Sipple's syndrome) are rare tumours which are hereditary, sometimes cancerous and removed with surgery.
Blood
29 Dec 2003
Sudeck’s atrophy (reflex sympathetic dystrophy, complex regional pain syndrome type 1)
Sudeck's atrophy, also called reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome and complex regional pain syndrome, is long-term pain, usually after a trivial injury.
