Endocrinology

Endocrinology is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of

Diseases

Among the hundreds of endocrinological diseases are :

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• Adrenal disorders:
• Adrenal insufficiency
• Addison's disease
• Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (adrenogenital syndrome)
• Mineralocorticoid deficiency
• Conn's syndrome
• Cushing's syndrome
• Pheochromocytoma
• Glucose homeostasis disorders:
• Diabetes mellitus
• Hypoglycemia
• Idiopathic hypoglycemia
• Insulinoma
• Metabolic bone disease:
• Osteoporosis
• Osteitis deformans (Paget's disease of bone)
• Rickets and osteomalacia
• Pituitary gland disorders:
• Diabetes insipidus
• Hypopituitarism (or Panhypopituitarism)
• Pituitary tumours
• Pituitary adenomas
• Prolactinoma (or Hyperprolactinaemia)
• Acromegaly, gigantism
• Cushing's disease
• Parathyroid gland disorders:
• Primary hyperparathyroidism
• Secondary hyperparathyroidism
• Tertiary hyperparathyroidism
• Hypoparathyroidism
• Pseudohypoparathyroidism
• Sex hormone disorders:
• Disorders of sexual differentiation or intersex disorders
• Hermaphroditism
• Gonadal dysgenesis
• Androgen insensitivity syndromes
• Hypogonadism
• Gonadotropin deficiency
• Kallmann syndrome
• Klinefelter syndrome
• Ovarian failure
• Testicular failure
• Turner syndrome
• Disorders of Gender
• Gender identity disorder
• Disorders of Puberty
• Delayed puberty
• Precocious puberty
• Menstrual function or fertility disorders
• Amenorrhoea
• Polycystic ovary syndrome
• Thyroid disorders:
• Hyperthyroidism and Graves-Basedow disease
• Hypothyroidism
• Thyroiditis
• Thyroid cancer
• Tumors of the endocrine glands not mentioned elsewhere
• Multiple endocrine neoplasia
• MEN type 1
• MEN type 2a
• MEN type 2b.
• See also separate organs
• Autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes
• Incidentaloma - an unexpected finding on diagnostic imaging, often of endocrine glands