Q. How come patients with Addison disease have hyperpigmented skin?
Q. I am confused as to why high-dose dexamethasone inhibits a pituitary source, but the lower dose does not.
Q. What does it mean when Robbins says the adrenal cortices are hyper- and hypoplastic? A. Hypoplastic adrenal cortices mean that the adrenal cortices have atrophied; hyperplastic adrenal cortices mean that they have expanded.
Q. I have a question about the secretion of aldosterone that I haven’t been able to figure out by searching online or looking in books (maybe I’m looking in the wrong places!).
