Endocrine Surgery Comprehensive Board Exam Guide

Part I: Thyroid.- Thyroid Gland: Anatomy and Physiology, Pathophysiology.- Thyroid Nodules and Mutlinodular Goiter.- Graves' Disease and Toxic Nodular Goiter.- Thyroiditis (Hashimoto, De Quervain, Riedel).- Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.- Follicular Thyroid Carincoma.- Hurthle Cell Carcinoma.- Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma.- Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma.- Thyroid Lymphoma.- Radioactive Iodine, Thyrosine Kinase Inhibitors.- Surgical Procedure/Thyroidectomy: Indications, Operative Techniques, Management of Complications, RLN Monitoring, Flexible Laryngoscopy.- Part II: Parathyroid.- Parathyroid Glands: Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology.- Primary Hyperparathyroidism.- Secondary Hyperparathyroidism.- Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism.- Parathyroid Carcinoma.- Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia (FHH).- Surgical Procedure: Parathyroidectomy: Indications, Operative Techniques, Management of Complications, Intraoperative PTH Monitoring.- Part III: Adrenals.- Adrenal Glands: Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology.- Insedentaloma.- Cushing's Syndrome Disease.- Primary Hyperaldosteronism.- Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma.- Adrenocortical Carcinoma.- Adrenal Insufficiency (Addison's Disease).- Surgical Procedure/Adrenalectomy: Indications, Operative Techniques, Management of Complications.- Part IV: Familial Endocrine Surgery.- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1.- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2.- Familial Primary Hyperparathyroidism.- Other Familial Endocrine Syndromes (Recklinghausen Disease, von Hippel Lindau Syndrome, Cowden's Disease, FAP, Carney Complex).- Jaw-Tumor Syndrome.- Part V: Endocrine Pancreas.- Anatomy, Endocrine Physiology and Pathophysiology.- Insulinoma.- Gastrinoma.- Glucoganoma.- Somatostatinoma.- Other Endocrine Pancreatic Tumors.- Surgical Procedure Steps and Key Points: Whipple Procedure/Enucleation.- Part VI: Neuroendocrine Tumors.- Foregut/Midgut/Hindgut Carcinoids.- Part VII: Endocrine Emergencies.- Thyroid Storm.- Hypercalcemic Crisis.- EndocrineHypertensive Emergencies.