Endocrine Flashcards
Goiter is subdivided into:
Diffuse (simple)
Multinodular
Diffuse goiter shows 2 stages
1-Hyperplastic stage = parenchymal goiter
2-Colloid involution stage (colloid goiter)
With time all long standing simple goiter -> multinodular goiters
In colloid goiter how does the thyroid look like
Brown, glassy, translucent
Risk factors thyroid gland adenoma (follicular adenoma)
Radiation exposure (during childhood) Iodine deficiency
Thyroid gland adenoma are deriving from
Follicular epithelium A cells
Cold nodules
Thyroid gland adenoma
What distinguish between follicular adenoma and follicular carcinoma
Capsular invasion and/or Vascular invasion
Thyroid gland carcinoma present in childhood
Papillary carcinoma
Medullary carcinoma
Derived from the parafollicular or C cells
Most common thyroid gland carcinoma
Papillary carcinoma
Least common thyroid carcinoma
Anaplastic carcinoma
Papillary thyroid carcinoma
F> M
Horseness, dysphagia, cough, dyspnea
Excellent prognosis with a 10t survival rate in excess of 95%
Psammoma bodies in thyroid carcinoma
Present in papillary thyroid carcinoma
Clear or empty appearance / ground glass/ Orphan Annie eye nuclei
Intranuclear/ pseudoinclusions / intranuclear grooves
Papillary thyroid carcinoma
Most common cause of hypothyroidism in areas where iodine levels are sufficient
Hashimoto thyroiditis
Overriding feature of hashimoto disease
Progressive depletion of thyroid epithelial cells (thyrocytes) which are gradually replaced by mononuclear cell infiltration and fibrosis
Hurthle cells, oxyphilic cells, oncocytes, askenay cell are seen in
Hashimoto disease
Example of metaplastic response
Hurthle cells in hashimoto disease
Most common cause of hyperpituitarism
Anterior lobe pituitary adenoma
Ectopic thyroid tissue is commonly found in
Base of tongue (lingual thyroid)
Apathetic hyperthyroidism
Thyrotoxicosis occurring in elederly -> no symptoms except loss weight
Cretinism
Hypothyroidism developing in infancy
Myxedema
Or gull disease
Cretinoid state in adult : generalized apathy, may mimic depression
Diagnosis of hypothyroidism
Serum T4 is decreased