Multiple choice

An 18 year old girl presents with amenorrhoea, weight loss and

  1. Anorexia nervosa

  2. Occult carcinoma

  3. Hypothyroidism

  4. HIV

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Explanation

The triad of amenorrhea, weight loss, and an eating disorder presentation in a young woman is classic for anorexia nervosa, which causes hypothalamic suppression. Occult malignancy, HIV, and hypothyroidism would present with different clinical features (weight gain in hypothyroidism, systemic symptoms in cancer/HIV).