Endocrine Word Associations
PANCE/PANRE Exam Questions And
Answers 100% Guaranteed Pass.
Diabetic w/ anorexia, anemia, wt loss, pallor - Answer✔Chronic renal failure
Gastroparesis, impotence, recurrent infections, stocking-glove paresthesia - Answer✔Diabetic
neuropathy (Treat w/ TCA (amitriptyline)
Hypoglycemia despite glucose administration. Increased C-peptide - Answer✔Insulinoma
Hypoglycemia in alcoholic - Answer✔Give Thiamine before glucose to prevent Wernicke's
encephalopathy
Decreased radioactive iodine uptake, decreased free T4, increased TSH - Answer✔Hashimoto's
thyroiditis
Female, weight loss, palpitations, atrial fibrillation - Answer✔Hyperthyroid (work it up with
TSH, T4)
Exopthalmos, palpitations, wt. loss. Elevated radioactive idodine uptake -
Answer✔Hyperthyroid, Graves Dx - Tx w/ Radioactive iodine
Post thyroidectomy - most likely injury - Answer✔Recurrent laryngeal nerve = hoarseness
Post thyroidectomy - electrolyte watch - Answer✔Hypocalcemia
Infant w/ round face, large protruding tongue, dry skin, umbilical hernia, constipation, enlarged
abdomen, poor feeding, delayed developmental milestones - Answer✔Congenital
Hypothyroidism
"Recurrent HA, HTN not responding to meds, sweating
Attacks of severe HA, HTN, glycosuria
Urinary catecholamines, urinary metanephrines - Answer✔Pheochromocytoma - Tx pre-op w/
alpha blocker
HTN not responsive to meds - Answer✔Renal artery stenosis (Infrarenal artery)
HTN w/ hypernatremia, hypokalemia - Answer✔Primary Aldosteronism
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