Endocrinology & Diabetes — Flashcards

Grave's disease typically occurs in _____ people

Hint: Older/Younger

Which investigations for assessment of hyperthyroidism are contraindicated in _____? Thyroid scintigraphy & Radioactive iodine uptake

Hint: demographic

Patients with thyroid nodule(s) who have any of the following should recieve what type of referral? • Change in voice (e.g. hoarseness) • Cervical/supraclavicular lymphadenopathy • Sudden onset/rapidly growing painless nodule • Compressive symptoms (e.g. breathlessness or dysphagia) • They are a child _____

Patients with thyroid nodules may have a _____ to determine the functional status of the nodule

Hint: What investigation?

_____ is usually not the first-line anti-thyroid drug due to a small risk of severe liver injury

Toxic adenomas cause _____thyroidism

Radioactive iodine uptake is _____ in exogenous hyperthyroidism

Thyroid scintigraphy of toxic multinodular goitre will show _____ of iodine uptake

What is the first-line investigation for hyperthyroidism? _____

Hyperreflexia is associated with _____thyroidism