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    Obesity

    Obesity is a topic covered in the Diagnosaurus.

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    DDx

    • Increased caloric intake
    • Fluid retention: congestive heart failure (CHF), cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome
    • Cushing’s syndrome, eg, exogenous corticosteroids (central obesity)
    • Hypothyroidism (edema and fat accumulation)
    • Alcoholism (via hypercortisolism)
    • Menopause (decreased metabolic rate)
    • Polycystic ovary syndrome
    • Syndrome X (obesity, diabetes, and hypertension)
    • Insulinoma (hypoglycemia causing overeating)
    • Insulin or thiazolidinedione therapy (worsen obesity)
    • Other drugs, eg, antipsychotics, antidepressants
    • Pregnancy
    • Growth hormone deficiency
    • Hypothalamic disorders
    • Congenital leptin deficiency (morbid obesity)
    • Defects in ?-MSH (melanocortin 4) receptor (morbid obesity)
    • Genetic syndromes of obesity and mental retardation
      • Prader-Willi syndrome (hypotonia, hypogonadism)
      • Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome (polydactyly, renal anomalies, retinitis pigmentosa, hypogonadism)
      • Cohen’s syndrome (microcephaly, hypotonia, short stature, ocular anomalies, neutropenia)
      • Biemond syndrome (diabetes mellitus, polydactyly, coloboma, facial anomalies, hypogonadism)

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    Last updated: December 1, 2014

    Citation

    Zeiger, Roni F.. "Obesity." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114291/all/Obesity.
    Zeiger RF. Obesity. Diagnosaurus. 4th ed. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114291/all/Obesity. Accessed March 19, 2019.
    Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Obesity. In Diagnosaurus. Available from https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114291/all/Obesity
    Zeiger RF. Obesity [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2019 March 19]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114291/all/Obesity.
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