Chapter 22 Endocrine Disorders
• Example—adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) stimulation test is used in the workup of hypocortisolism.
(4) MEN I syndrome findings include pituitary adenoma, hyperparathyroidism, pancreatic tumor (Zollinger-Ellison syndrome or insulinoma).
• Trauma, pregnancy (Sheehan’s postpartum necrosis, a nontumorous cause), treatment of a prolactinoma with bromocriptine
22-6: Patient with a midline thyroglossal duct cyst.
(From Bouloux P: Self-Assessment Picture Tests: Medicine, Vol. 1. London, Mosby-Wolfe, 1997, p 52, Fig. 103.)