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Through multiple complex mechanisms, the endocrine system plays a vital regulatory role in virtually every organ system including the skin. Cutaneous lesions may be seen incidentally in patients with endocrine disorders. Alternatively, certain skin conditions are seen exclusively in the setting of endocrine disorders and may rarely be the first clinical symptom of the underlying endocrinopathy. Although clinical examination is often sufficient, a tissue biopsy may still be needed to arrive at or confirm the diagnosis and to direct therapy. In many cases, the cutaneous condition might improve or resolve completely after treatment of the underlying endocrine disorder. In this review, we summarize the most common skin conditions associated with endocrine disorders, uncovering their relationship to the underlying endocrinopathy, demonstrating their clinicopathologic presentation, and highlighting their typical modalities of treatment.

For years research has demonstrated a varying incidence of medical disorders manifesting with psychiatric symptoms. A relatively conservative estimate of such so called "medical masquerades" is around 10%. It is important to ascertain whether health care professionals are aware of possible medical masquerades perhaps most especially in a mental health center outpatient setting where non-medically trained clinicians are the first line therapists for treatment in the majority of cases. This study set about to find out how aware three types of health care clinicians (psychiatrists, nonpsychiatrically trained medical doctors, and non-medically trained mental health psychotherapists) are of the prevalence of medical masquerades, and whether these three types of clinicians perform differently on three types of clinical vignettes (psychiatric, somatoform, and medical masquerades). Results revealed that all health care professionals surveyed are aware that there are a percentage of medical masquerades in the clinical population. Results also revealed that the three types of clinicians performed differently on the case vignettes.

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