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hey guys-
real quick. I was doing a qbank q...it essentially said that woman presentd with hyperpigmented skin. profound fatigue and weakness and diarrhea and constipation. Tumor involvemnt of which endocrine organ is implicated.
The answer was adrenal gland ---- addison's dz. I know that the hyper pigmentation can be seen in add's dz because of the increase in ACTH. However, couldnt one get hyperpigmentation as a result of Cushing's Disease (where there's an increase in ACTH due to a primary pituitary adenoma) ? That's the reason I chose the gland to be 'pituitary'. any thoughts ?
real quick. I was doing a qbank q...it essentially said that woman presentd with hyperpigmented skin. profound fatigue and weakness and diarrhea and constipation. Tumor involvemnt of which endocrine organ is implicated.
The answer was adrenal gland ---- addison's dz. I know that the hyper pigmentation can be seen in add's dz because of the increase in ACTH. However, couldnt one get hyperpigmentation as a result of Cushing's Disease (where there's an increase in ACTH due to a primary pituitary adenoma) ? That's the reason I chose the gland to be 'pituitary'. any thoughts ?