Imaging in Endocrinology

Question 1

Site of peripheral Visual Loss in PG?

Answer 1

• Eye
• Optic nerve
• Chiasm
• Optic tract
• Brain

Question 2

What imaging is the best for PG?

Answer 2

MRI

Question 3

Answer 3

Question 4

Answer 4

This is not an optic chiasma tumour, it is another endocrine problem

Question 5

Lateral and Coronal view of tumour in optic chiasma which causes bilateral peripheral vision loss

Answer 5

Question 6

Which imaging is the best for thyroid glands?

Answer 6

CT
US
Nuc Med

Question 7

Thyoid and surrounding structure in the imaging

Answer 7

Question 8

The Tyroid gland is above/superior to what structures?

Answer 8

Sternum
Great vessels
Aortic Arch

Question 9

What are the structures that cause Midline Neck Mass in adults?

Answer 9

• Enlarged Thyroid gland (most common)
• Enlarged lymph nodes
• thyroglossal cyst

Question 10

Why in this scan, the patient has stridor?

Answer 10

Large goitre with retrosternal extension, tracheal deviation

PS; on the x ray, shape of the Trachea is narrowed and shifting to the to right and that is why she gets stridor

Question 11

Imaging’s aim is to differentiate —– causes e.g. Graves, Thyroiditis from —- causes e.g. Dominant nodule
Achieved with combination of —— and ——-

Answer 11

Diffuse
Focal
Radioisotope studies and Ultrasound

Question 12

Thyroid Ultrasound is used in what t conditions?

Answer 12

Euthyroid and Hyperthyroid

Question 13

Thyroid Scintigraphy assessed for —- and —–of tracer uptake.
also, it is used in —- disease.

Answer 13

Pattern and Quantity
Graves