Endocrine Pathology — MCQs

Subperiosteal resorption and increased thickness of the skull is seen in which condition?

Follicular carcinoma of the thyroid is mostly due to a mutation of which gene?

A 50-year-old man has had a nonhealing ulcer on the bottom of his foot for 2 months. On examination, the 2-cm ulcer overlies the right first metatarsal head. There is reduced sensation to pinprick in his feet, and his visual acuity is reduced bilaterally. His serum creatinine is 2.9 mg/dL. Which of the following laboratory test findings is he most likely to have?

Zellballen pattern is found in the histology of which of the following conditions?

Amyloid stroma is seen in which type of thyroid carcinoma?

A patient undergoes total thyroidectomy for a mass lesion of the thyroid. During the surgery, the surgeon notes that the parathyroid glands appeared enlarged. The thyroid lesion shows neuroendocrine-type cells and amyloid deposition. This patient's thyroid and parathyroid lesions may be related to which of the following oncogenes?

All of the following are helpful for the diagnosis of medullary carcinoma of the thyroid except?

Treatment with the antihypertensive drug spironolactone leads to the formation of spironolactone bodies in which part of the adrenal gland?

Askanazy cells are microscopic findings in which of the following conditions?

Serum calcitonin is a tumor marker for which of the following thyroid pathologies?