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NeuroEndocrine Systems

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How are neuroendocrine cells readily identified   by their characteristic positivity with silver stains and their immunoreactivity with antibodies directed against neuroendocrine products  
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Most neuroendocrine cells are derived from?   neural crest  
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where do gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine cells come from?   endoderm  
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Are steroid producing cells of the ovary, testis, thyroid, and adrenal cortex neuroendocrine cells?   no  
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what is primary hyperparathyroidism   excess PTH produced by parathyroid in absence of extraparathyroid stimulus  
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what is secondary hyperparathyroidism   hypocalcemic stimulation of PTH secretion and cell proliferation  
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what is the most common cause of secondary hyperparathyroidism   chronic renal failure  
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what is tertiary hyperparathyroidism   autonomous primary hyperparathyroidism in patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism  
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what causes 80% of primary hyperparathyroidism   adenoma (usually a single gland)  
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How can you differentiate hyperplasia vs. adenoma with primary hyperparathyroidism   hyperplasia is usually all 4 glands and adenoma is often 1 gland  
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Someone with high calcium (>15), a neck mass and bone disease may have?   parathyroid carcinoma  
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what is the most likely cause of death in people with parathyroid carcinoma   hypercalcemia  
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The adrenal cortex is derived from?   mesoderm  
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what is Addison's disease   primary chronic adrenal insufficiency usually autoimmune  
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what is a "crisis" in chronic Addison's disease   primary acute adrenal insufficiency  
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Waterhouse Friderichsen syndrome is primary adrenal insufficiency due to ?   meningococcemia  
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what is Conn's syndrome   hyperaldosteronism  
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what is Cushing's syndrome   hypercortisolism  
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what does an adrenal adenoma secrete   may secrete aldosterone, cortisol, or sex steroids (many are nonfunctioning)  
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what does an adrenal adenoma look like   most are solitary small and bright yellow  
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How do you distinguish an adrenal adenoma from a carcinoma   carcinomas are large, pleomorphic, have a high mitotic rate, atypical mitosis, venous invasion, necrosis, and capsular invasion  
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what is an adrenal mass in the medulla that secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine resulting in hypertension   pheochromocytoma  
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this tumor is one of the most common tumors in infancy and childhood and is the most common congenital tumor   Neuroblastoma  
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what will you find in the urine with neuroblastoma   increased urinary homovanillic acid, vanillylmandelic acid, dopamine, or metanephrine  
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what is a benign tumor consisting of a mixture of mature adipose tissue and hematopoietic cells often found as an incidental finding at autopsy   myelolipoma  
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what are chemodectomas   paragangliomas of the carotid and aorticopulmonary paragangliomas  
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paragangliomas form distinctive cell nests called ? that are arranged around capillary channels   zellballen  
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How are islet cell tumors of the pancreas classified   according to the hormones that they produce  
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what is a beta cell pancreatic tumor called   insulinoma  
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what is the most common type of islet cell tumor   insulinoma  
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what is another name for a gastrinoma   Zollinger-Ellison syndrome  
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What would you expect to see in a patient with Zollinger Ellison Syndrome   multiple peptic ulcers, high gastric acid secretion, high plasma gastrin levels  
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what percent of Zollinger Ellison Syndrome are malignant   65%  
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What is the gene that predisposes to MEN-1   menin tumor supressor  
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what is the gene that predisposes to MEN II   RET proto-oncogene  
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you have a neoplasm of mucocutaneous neuromas, pheochromocytomas, and medullary cancer of the thyroid. Which MEN is it   MEN IIb  
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you have neoplasms or hyperplasias of the parathyroid gland, adrenal cortex, pituitary and pancreas plus peptic ulcers and gastric hypersecretion which MEN syndrome to you have   MEN I  
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Which MEN syndrome has multiple pheochromocytomas, medullary carcinomas of the thyroid, and parathyroid hyperplasia or adenoma   MEN IIa  
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