Endocrinology & Diabetes — Flashcards

Flashcard 271: Postpartum thyroiditis is associated with what antibody? _____

Answer: Anti-TPO

Flashcard 272: The hypothyroid stage of postpartum thyroiditis is managed with _____

Answer: levothyroxine

Flashcard 273: Which treatment for graves disease is known to worsen thyroid eye disease? _____

Answer: Radioactive iodine ablation

Flashcard 274: _____ is the most common complication of thyroid eye disease

Answer: Exposure keratopathy

Flashcard 275: _____ is a synthetic form of T3

Answer: Liothyronine

Flashcard 276: Is thyroid eye disease symmetrical? _____

Answer: Usually bilateral (but often asymmetrical)

Extra: Thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (Graves' orbitopathy) is the most common cause of both unilateral and bilateral proptosis in adults. While it often presents with different degrees of severity in each eye (asymmetry), it is bilateral in the majority of cases (85-90%).

Flashcard 277: AF and worsening of angina are complications of which thyroid medication? _____

Answer: Levothyroxine

Flashcard 278: Riedel's thyroiditis is characterised by replacement of normal thyroid tissue with _____ tissue

Answer: fibrotic

Flashcard 279: A patient with known thyroid eye disease presents with blurred vision, field defect and a relative afferent pupillary defect. What is the most likely diagnosis? _____

Answer: Optic neuropathy due to compression/stretching of the optic nerve

Flashcard 280: The pathogenesis of thyroid eye disease is thought to involve autoimmunity against _____ receptors, primarily mediated by T Lymphocytes

Answer: TSH