501877 - ENDOCRINOLOGY

courses

ID:

501877

Duration (hours):

24

CFU:

SSD:

ENDOCRINOLOGIA

Year:

2025

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (02/03/2026 - 29/05/2026)

Course Objectives

Diseases of endocrine system: The Course is aimed at providing the students with the main notions regarding pathophysiology and clinics of the diseases of the endocrine system. The subject of endocrine diseases will be treated taking into account their repercussions in Internal Medicine and giving a particular emphasis to their multidisciplinary aspects. Paradigmatic clinical cases will be illustrated. Clinical practice, both in the outpatients clinic and in the ward, is encouraged.

Course Prerequisites

No preparatory exams are required. However students must possess or acquire a proper preparation in physiology and pathologyof the endocrine system

Teaching Methods

The Course is divided in three modules, diseases of endocrine system, diseases of metabolism and endocrine surgery and includes frontal teaching activities and clinical practice in the outpatients and inpatients endocrine-metabolic clinics. The teachers are available, in the schedule of reception, for explanations on the matters treated at lesson

Assessment Methods

The exam is oral for the modules of diseases of endocrine system, diseases of metabolism. It is written (30 multiple choice in a 30 minutes test) for endocrine surgery. The final grade will be calculated according to the credits of each module. During the exam the skill achieved and the learning objectives in each module, as well as the appropriate scientific dictionary will be evaluated .

Texts

J. Larry Jameson, Anthony S. Fauci, Dennis L. Kasper, Stephen L. Hauser, Dan L. Longo, Joseph Loscalzo (Eds). Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine: Volumes 1 and 2, 20e, Mc Graw-Hill, 2018.
D. Gardner, D. Shoback (Eds). Greenspan's Basic and Clinical Endocrinology, 10th Edition. Mc Graw-Hill, 2017.
L. Goldman, AI. Schafer (Eds). Goldman's Cecil Medicine, 26th Edition. Saunders Elsevier, 2015.
A. Lenzi, G. Lombardi, E. Martino, R. Vigneri (Eds.). Endocrinologia Clinica, Minerva Medica, 2011.
LJ Greenfield, MW Mulholland, et al (Eds.) Greenfield's Surgery: Scientific Principles and Practice, 5th Edition. 4 Volumes Wolters Kluwer / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2011.
R. Dionigi (Ed.) Chirurgia 2 Volumi, 5° Edizione. Elsevier, 2011.
MC Towsend, RD Beauchamp, BM Evers, KL Mattox (Eds.) Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, 19th Edition. WB Saunders Company, 2012.

Neuro-endocrinology
Pituitary adenomas
Hyper-prolactinemia
Acromegaly
Cushing's disease
Hypopituitarism
Disorders of the neurohypophysis and diabetes insipidus
Pathophysiology of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis
Hyperthyroidism
Hypothyroidism
Nodular thyroid diseases and thyroid cancer
Mineral metabolism
Hyperparathyroidism
Hypoparathyroidism
Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN)
Pathophysiology of the adrenal gland
Adrenal insufficiency
Cushing’s syndrome
Female reproductive endocrinology
Male reproductive endocrinology