Endocrine diseases

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Endocrine disease Classification and external resources
Major endocrine glands. (Male left, female on the right.) 1. Pineal gland 2. Pituitary gland 3. Thyroid gland 4. Thymus 5. Adrenal gland 6. Pancreas 7. Ovary 8. Testes
ICD-10	E00-35
ICD-9	240-259
MeSH	D004700

Among the hundreds of endocrine diseases (or endocrinological diseases) are:

Adrenal disorders:
- Adrenal insufficiency
  - Addison's disease
  - Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (adrenogenital syndrome)
  - Mineralocorticoid deficiency
- Conn's syndrome
- Cushing's syndrome
- Pheochromocytoma
- Adrenocortical carcinoma
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:
Parathyroid gland disorders:
Sex hormone disorders:
- Disorders of sex development or intersex disorders
- Hypogonadism
- Disorders of Gender
  - Gender identity disorder
- Disorders of Puberty
  - Delayed puberty
  - Precocious puberty
- Menstrual function or fertility disorders
  - Amenorrhea
  - Polycystic ovary syndrome
Thyroid disorders:
Tumours of the endocrine glands not mentioned elsewhere
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia
- See also separate organs
Autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes
Incidentaloma - an unexpected finding on diagnostic imaging, often of endocrine glands

External links

v • d • e Medical conditions (Diseases, Disorders, Illness, Symptoms, Syndromes, Medical signs, Injuries, etc.)

(A/B, 001-139)	Infectious disease/Infection: Bacterial disease · Virus disease · Parasitic disease · Mycosis

(C/D, 140-239)	Cancer · Immune disorder

(E, 240-279)	Endocrine disease · Nutrition disorder · Inborn error of metabolism

(F, 290-319)	Mental disorder

(G, 320-359)	Central nervous system disease

(H, 360-389)	Eye disease · Ear disease

(I, 390-459)	Cardiovascular disease (Heart disease, Vascular disease)

(J, 460-519)	Respiratory disease

(K, 520-579)	Stomatognathic disease · Digestive disease

(L, 680-709)	Skin disease

(M, 710-739)	Musculoskeletal disorders

(N, 580-629)	Urologic disease · Breast disease

(O, 630-676)	Complications of pregnancy

(P, 760-779)	Fetal disease

(R, 780-799)	Syndromes · Medical signs

(S/T, 800-899)	Bone fracture

v • d • e

Endocrine pathology: endocrine diseases (E00-35, 240-259)

Pancreas/
glucose
metabolism

Diabetes mellitus types: (type 1, type 2, MODY), complications: (coma, angiopathy, ketoacidosis, nephropathy, neuropathy, retinopathy)
Hypoglycemia · Hyperinsulinism · Zollinger-Ellison syndrome · insulin receptor (Rabson-Mendenhall syndrome) · Insulin resistance

Hypothalamic/
pituitary axes

Pituitary	Hyperpituitarism (Acromegaly, Hyperprolactinaemia, SIADH) Hypopituitarism (Sheehan's syndrome, Kallmann syndrome, Growth hormone deficiency, Diabetes insipidus) Adiposogenital dystrophy · Empty sella syndrome · Pituitary apoplexy · ACTH deficiency

Thyroid	Hypothyroidism (Iodine deficiency, Cretinism, Congenital hypothyroidism, Goitre, Myxedema) Hyperthyroidism (Graves disease, Toxic multinodular goitre, Teratoma with thyroid tissue or Struma ovarii) Thyroiditis (De Quervain's thyroiditis, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Riedel's thyroiditis) Euthyroid sick syndrome · Thyroid hormone resistance · Thyroid nodule

Parathyroid	Hypoparathyroidism (Pseudohypoparathyroidism) · Hyperparathyroidism (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary)

Adrenal	Adrenocortical hyperfunction: Cushing's syndrome (Nelson's syndrome, Pseudo-Cushing's syndrome) · Hyperaldosteronism (Conn syndrome, Bartter syndrome) CAH (Lipoid, 3β, 11β, 17α, 21α) Adrenal insufficiency (Addison's disease, Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome) · Hypoaldosteronism

Gonads	ovarian (Polycystic ovary syndrome, Premature ovarian failure) testicular (5-alpha-reductase deficiency, 17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency) · Androgen receptor (Androgen insensitivity syndrome) general (Hypogonadism, Delayed puberty, Precocious puberty)

Height

Gigantism · Dwarfism/Short stature (Laron syndrome, Psychogenic dwarfism)

Thymus

Abscess of thymus · Thymus hyperplasia

Multiple

Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome · Carcinoid syndrome · Multiple endocrine neoplasia (1, 2) · Progeria · Woodhouse-Sakati syndrome

see also congenital, neoplasia

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