Endocrinology & Diabetes — Flashcards

Flashcard 281: _____ is a synthetic form of T3

Answer: Liothyronine

Flashcard 282: Bradycardia is associated with _____thyroidism

Answer: hypo

Flashcard 283: Postpartum thyroiditis presents with a _____ goitre

Answer: non-tender

Flashcard 284: Nearly all of thyroid eye disease is associated with _____ disease

Answer: Graves

Flashcard 285: 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 286: Postpartum thyroiditis classically presents with _____thyroidism followed by hypothyroidism before returning to euthyroidism

Answer: hyper

Flashcard 287: All patients with newly diagnosed or stable thyroid eye disease require a referral to a _____.

Answer: specialist thyroid eye clinic

Extra: While stable cases receive a routine referral, **emergency (same-day) referral** is indicated if there is: 1. Sudden change in vision (decreased visual acuity). 2. Color vision changes. 3. Significant proptosis with corneal exposure/ulceration. 4. Optic disc swelling.

Flashcard 288: Hypothyroidism may be caused by _____ used to treat hyperthyroidism

Answer: radioiodine

Flashcard 289: 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 290: AF and worsening of angina are complications of which thyroid medication? _____

Answer: Levothyroxine