Your Name: Moles Susannah

Theme :Thyroid Disorder

 

OPTION LIST

 

A

Grave’s Disease

I

Sick euthyroid

B

Medullary thyroid cancer

J

Follicular thyroid cancer

C

Single toxic adenoma

K

Papillary thyroid cancer

D

Toxic multinodular goitre

L

 

E

Primary hypothroidism

M

 

F

Subacute granulomatous thryroiditis

N

 

G

Post Grave’s disease

O

 

H

Post partum thyroiditis

P

 

 

For each scenario below, choose the most appropriate answer from the list above. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

 

1. A 65 yr old woman presents with a four week Hx of weight gain, tiredness, constipation and a puffy face. On Ix she is found to have a TSH level of 20mU/l and a free T4 level of 7pmol/l

 

 

2. A 35 yr old woman presents with pain in her neck which radiates to her upper neck, jaw and throat. The pain is worse on swallowing. She has a Hx of an upper respiratory tract infection two weeks ago. On Ix she has a free T4 of 30pmol/l, free T3 of 11pmol/l and a TSH level of 0.1mU/l. On technetium scanning of the thyroid there is low iodine uptake.

 

 

3. A 30 yr old woman presents with a Hx of weight loss, diarrhoea, tremor and a marked swelling at the front of her neck. On Ix she is found to have a TSH level of 0.05mU/l a free T4 level of 30pmol/l and a free T3 of 12pmol/l. On technetium scanning the thyroid shows increased iodine uptake.

 

4.  A 25 year old male patient, in hospital with viral meningitis is found to have a slightly raised TSH and slightly low free T4.

 

 

5. A 70 yr old lady is found to have a tumour of the thyroid gland. She is also found to have high levels of circulating calcitonin.

 

 

ANSWERS

1. E

2. F

3. A

4. I

5. B