Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2015
A patient complains of weight gain, chill, edemas, xeroderma, somnolence, difficulties with focusing. Objectively: height is 165 cm; weight is 90 kg; body proportions are of female type, to- 35,8°C, heart rate - 58/min, BP -105/60 mm Hg. Heart sounds are weakened, bradycardia is observed. Other internal organs have no changes. Thyroid gland cannot be palpated. Milk secretion from mammary glands is observed. Hormone investigation revealed increased levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and prolactin, and decreased level of thyroxine (T4). Which one is the cause for obesity?
Answer options
- Secondary hypothyroidism
- Hypopituitarism
- Adiposogenital dystrophy
- Primary hypothyroidism
- Prolactinoma
Correct answer
Primary hypothyroidism
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