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Endocrine pt 2 Flashcards

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Well differentiated neoplasm. Follicles contain colloid.

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Follicular adenoma

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Incidental benign lesions that can appear as a mass that needs to be distinguished from possible carcinoma.

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Colloid cysts

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2
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Most common thyroid cancer

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Papillary carcinoma

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Fronds of tissue with fibrovascular core

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Papillary carcinoma

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4
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Psammoma body in thyroid tissue

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Papillary carcinoma

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Cancer of the thyroid affects young females

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Papillary carcinoma

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Cancers of the thyroid affects elderly females (2)

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Follicular carcinoma, anaplastic carcinoma

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Encapsulated, well-defined follicles containing colloid

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Follicular carcinoma or follicular adenoma

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More malignant than papillary carcinoma of the thyroid

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Follicular carcinoma

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9
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Hematogenous spread causing distant metastases.

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Follicular carcinoma

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10
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Unilateral medullary carcinoma

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Sporadic

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Bilateral medullary carcinoma

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Familial

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12
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Familial medullary carcinoma is …

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Autosomal dominant

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13
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Proliferation of parafollicular cells (C cells) which results in excess amts of calcitonin detectable in the serum

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Medullary carcinoma

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14
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Carcinoma of the thyroid with neuroendocrine features

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Medullary carcinoma

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15
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Familial medullary carcinoma is associated with what condition?

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Multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome

16
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Least common thyroid carcinoma

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Anaplastic carcinoma

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Tumor responsible for rapid and painful enlargement of the thyroid gland

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Anaplastic carcinoma

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Highly malignant tumor composed of undifferentiated malignant cells of the thyroid

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Anaplastic carcinoma

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