Pit Parapan MF3 Endocrinology
Activity
Tutorial
Tutorial
A 32-year-old female was seen in emergency department for abdominal pain, nausea and diarrhea. Her serum calcium was found to be elevated at 2.94 mmol/L (normal 2.15-2.55 mmol/L). She was treated with intravenous fluids. Her calcium improved to 2.65 mmol/L and she was discharged home to care for her 6-year-old son. She was referred urgently to an outpatient clinic to investigate her elevated calcium. She was also prescribed pantoprazole for worsening heartburn. In the clinic, Ms. Parapan reported a 2-year history of abdominal pain that was getting worse over time. The pantoprazole she was prescribed was modestly helpful in easing her heartburn and abdominal pain. She denied symptoms of polyuria, polydipsia, confusion or mood changes. There is no history of kidney stones. She had a fracture of her humerus at age 15 due to a ski accident. She was taking pantoprazole and a multivitamin daily. Ms. Parapan’s family history is significant for a father who had a pancreatic tumour, though she does not know any more details about his condition. Both her sister and her paternal aunt had a parathyroidectomy. The same aunt had a pituitary tumour requiring surgery.
Curriculum Block
Endocrinology / Medical Foundation 3 / Part 3 / Week 4
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
General Objectives
- Describe the most common pathologies associated with pituitary hormone systems including acromegaly and hyperprolactinemia.
- Recognize the pituitary as the central control gland of the body.
- Describe the anatomy and physiology of the parathyroid glands.
Global Objectives
Assessments
End-Unit Tutorial Assessment
Concept Application Exercise (CAE)
Tags
Basic Sciences
Genetics
Curriculum Block
Endocrinology
Medical Foundation 3
Part 3
Week 4
Curriculum Week
Part 3
Week 8
Discipline
Emergency Medicine
Endocrinology
Genetics
Longitudinal Discipline
Genetics
MCC Presentations
Amenorrhea, Oligomenorrhea
Calcium disorders
Chronic Abdominal Pain
Chronic Diarrhea
Vomiting and/or Nausea
McMaster Program Competencies
1.3 Interpret laboratory data, imaging studies, and other tests required for the area of practice
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations.
2.3 Apply principles of clinical sciences to diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making, clinical problem-solving, and other aspects of evidence-based healthcare
MeSH
Abdominal Pain [C23.888.646.100]
Abdominal Pain [C23.888.821.030]
Amenorrhea [C23.550.568.500]
Diarrhea [C23.888.821.214]
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms [C04.588.322]
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms [C19.344]
Genes, Neoplasm [G05.360.340.024.340.375]
Genes, Tumor Suppressor [G05.360.340.024.340.375.249]
Hyperpituitarism [C19.700.355]
Hyperprolactinemia [C19.700.355.600]
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 [C04.588.322.400.500]
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia [C04.588.322.400]
Nausea [C23.888.821.712]
Oncogenes [G05.360.340.024.340.375.500]
Pancreatic Neoplasms [C06.689.667]
Pituitary Diseases [C10.228.140.617.738]
Pituitary Diseases [C19.700]
Pituitary Neoplasms [C19.344.609]
Prolactinoma [C19.344.609.792]
Proto-Oncogenes [G05.360.340.024.340.375.500.791]