Wk1 Pituitary Path

Question 1

Basophils secrete:

Answer 1

FSH

LH

ACTH

TSH

B-F-L-A-T

Question 2

Acidophils secrete:

Answer 2

GH

PL (prolactin)

Question 3

Posterior pituitary secretes:

Answer 3

Oxytocin

ADH

Question 4

Definition of hyperpituitarism:

Answer 4

too much anterior pituitary hormones

Question 5

Most common cause of hyperpituitarism:

Answer 5

pituitary adenoma

Question 6

Most common PE finding in pituitary adenoma:

Answer 6

visual deficits

temporal hemianopsia

Question 7

Most common hormone produced by pituitary adenoma:

Answer 7

prolactin

Question 8

Least common hormone produced by pituitary adenoma:

Answer 8

TSH

Question 9

Tx for prolactinoma:

Answer 9

D2 antagonists

Question 10

Two outcomes of GH adenoma:

What’s the difference?

Answer 10

Gigantism – pre-puberty

Acromegaly – post puberty (Andre the Giant)

Question 11

Lab findings in GH adenoma:

Answer 11

increased IGF-I

GH unresponsive to glucose

Question 12

“Explosion” in ACTH adenoma after surgical resection of adrenals:

Answer 12

Nelson syndrome

Question 13

Cause of central diabetes insipidus:

Answer 13

decreased ADH production

Question 14

Clinical manifestations of central diabetes insipidus:

Answer 14

pee dilute urine (collecting tubules don’t have AHD to take up water)

increased serum osmolality (can’t get water in to dilute)

Question 15

Clinical manifestation of SIADH:

Answer 15

blood becomes hypotonic

Question 16

common cancer secreting ADH:

Answer 16

small cell lung CA