Endocrinology case studies and teaching files from various resources. They are intended for use by health care professionals.

      Files

    • Diabetes
      • American Diabetes Association- Clinical Practice Recommendations 1996 .
    • Diabetes Guidelines
      • AACE guidelines for the management of diabetes.
    • The Diabetic Foot
      • Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of the diabetic foot.
    • Diabetes Mellitus
      • Treatment, Etiology, Diet, Treatment options, Hemoglobin A1C and Complications of diabetes.
    • Diabetes
      • Management issues in Diabetes
    • Diabetes Mellitus : an overview
      • Overview of diabetes mellitus.
    • Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
      • Overview of insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. St Edward's University.
    • Insulin
      • Insulin structure and Treatment.
    • Diabetic Ketoacidosis
      • Presentation, differential, and treatment of DKA.
    • Diabetic Ketoacidosis
      • Overview of DKA Medical Management. University of Pittsburgh.
    • Diabetic Ketoacidosis
      • Overview of DKA. St. Edward's University.
    • Noninsulin-Dependent Diabetes
      • Symtoms, Diabnosis, Treatment options, and complications.
    • The Diabetic Foot
      • Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of the diabetic foot.

      Thyroid

    • Clinical Guidelines
      • AACE Guidelines for the Evaluation and Treatment of Hyperthyroidism & Hypothyroidism
    • Hyperthyroidism
      • Thyroid tutorial. Loyola University Medical Center.
    • Hyperthyroidism
      • Primary Care Teaching Modules. Stanford University
    • Hypothyroidism
      • Primary Care Teaching Modules. Stanford University.
    • Thyroid Study Notes
      • Hypertext lecture on thyroid disorders.
    • Thyroid Disorders
      • Discusses typical patient presentations of thyroid disorders. Includes short illustrative cases and images. University of Missouri-Columbia
    • Thyroid Function Tests
      • Significance of various thyroid function tests. University of Missouri-Columbia.
    • Thyroid Disease in Late Life
      • Basic principles, diagnosis, and care of thyroid disease in the elderly.
    • Thyroid Nodule
      • Short description of H&P, labs,and treatment options. Thyroid nodules.
    • Thyroid Quiz
      • Problem based thyroid quiz. University of Missouri-Columbia.

      Other

    • Endocrine Tests
      • Normal Values for Common Endocrine Tests. University of Pittsburgh.
    • Screening Tests
      • Screening Tests for Common Medical Management of endocrine disorders.

      Case Presentations

      Tulane University

    • Case 1
      • A 50-year-old man with a neck mass
    • Case 2
      • A 28-year-old woman with tiredness and mental status changes
    • Case 3
      • A 6-year-old boy with precocious puberty
    • Case 4
      • A 27-year-old woman with depression and hirsuitism
    • Case 5
      • A 40-year-old woman with fatigue, weight loss, and dizzy spells
    • Case 6
      • A 48-year-old woman with psychosis
    • Case 7
      • A 35-year-old man with hypertension

      Miscellaneous Cases

    • Acromegaly
      • 37-year-old woman seeks evaluation for headache, hyperhydrosis (increased sweating), and tingling in her fingertips of one year's duration.
    • Cushing's syndrome
      • 42-year-old woman referred for evaluation of recent development of obesity, facial rounding, muscular weakness and back pain.
    • Diabetes mellitus
      • 28-year-old man with a 21-year history of diabetes mellitus for the recent loss of vision in the left eye; swelling of legs and fatigue past few months.
    • Diabetes mellitus
      • 10-year-old boy with juvenile diabetes mellitus of 3 years' duration
    • Hyperparathyroidism and Hypercalcemia
      • 44-year-old business executive who is referred for evaluation of hypercalcemia.
    • Thyroid Neoplasia
      • 24-year-old woman with swelling in the neck.
    • Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
      • Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. Illustrative case and images. Bowman Gray School of Medicine.
    • Post Partum Thyroiditis
      • Postpartum thyroiditis radiology case presentation. Images. University of Palermo, Italy.
    • Thyrotoxicosis
      • 57-year-old woman with chest pain and palpitations of 4 months duration.