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Laryngology, Salivary glands, Endocrine Flashcards

1
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Only vocal abductor and nerve

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Posterior Cricoarytenoid, inervated by reccurent laryngeal nerve)

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2
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Plays biggest role in changing pitch of voice

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Cricothyroid, (vocal adductor) innervated by superior laryngeal nerve

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3
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Where do most malignancies occur in the vocal fold layers?

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Squamous epithelium

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4
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How mich can 1mm of edema in the air reduce the airway?

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60%

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5
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Forced air across a constricted zone causes negative pressure and causes the vocal cords to close again

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Bernoulli’s effect

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6
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Production of speech

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Phonation

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7
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Oral/nasal speech balance

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Resonation

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Use of lips, teeth, tongue to produce speech sounds

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Articulation

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9
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Source of speech energy

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Respiration

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10
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Syllable stress, emphasis, inflection

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Prosody

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Most common test to evaluate speech

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Videostroboscopy

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12
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Why do some pt’s “moan” or “pursed lips” breath?

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Auto-PEPing

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13
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Where is the source of snoring?

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Nasopharynx

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14
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Where is the source of gurgling sounds?

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Oropharynx

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15
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Source of inspiratory stidor

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Supraglottic

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16
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Source of inspiratory or biphasic stridor, hoarseness

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Glottic

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17
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Source of barking cough

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Subglottic

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18
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Expiratory stridor

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Tracheobrachial

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19
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Indications for endoscopy

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SPECS-R: severity of obstruction, progression of SOB, eating difficulties, cyanosis, sleep apnea, radiologic findings

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20
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Indications for tracheotomies

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Bypass upper airway obstruction, prolonged intubation, pulmonary toilet, protect from aspiration, eliminate dead space with CNS depression

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21
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Trach Care

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New trach = 3-5 days before making trach changes, change INNER cannula every shift/every day, HUMIDITY, minimal amount of cuff pressure to decrease scarring, infections, erosions

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22
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Most common congential laryngeal abnormality

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Laryngomalacia

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23
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Most common cause of stridoe in neonate and chronic peds

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laryngomalacia

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24
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S&S of laryngomalacia

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Intermittent inspiratory stridor, worses with crying or feeding, has a floppy epiglottis that collapses inwards (Monitor)

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25
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Trachea collapsing from immature tracheal cartilage

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Tracheomalacia

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26
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Most common vascular anomaly to cause stridor

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Double aortic arch

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27
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Most common vascular anomaly to compress the digestive tract

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Retroeosophageal right subclavian artery

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28
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High pitched stridor, mental retardation, microcephaly, narrowed endolarynx and interarytenoid cleft

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Cri Du Chat, deletion of short arm of chromosome 5

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29
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Dysphagia, drooling, dyspnea in >1y/o

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Epiglottitis, is true emergency, cuased by H. Flu

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30
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Dx epiglottitis

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Thumb sign on lateral XR

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31
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Barky cough, inspiratory or biphasic stidor, NO drooling or dysphagia

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Croup, caused by parainfluenza 1 virus

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32
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Dx of croup

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Steeple sign with narrowed subglottis

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33
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Second most common cause of hoarseness in children

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Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, HPV 6 and 11

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34
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Most common head and neck neoplasm in children

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Hemangioma

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35
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Tx for hemangioma

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usually goes away, can give beta blockers

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36
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Sacoidosis: effect on larynx

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Most commonly epiglottis

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37
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Wegeners granulomatosis: effect on larynx

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Most commonly subglottis

38
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Amyloidosis: effect on larynx

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Anterior subglottic mass

39
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RA arthritis: effect on larynx

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Criocoarytenoid joint affected, causes hoarse voice

40
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If bilateral contact ulcers in the middle and anterior third of vocal cords

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Vocal cord abuse and trauma

41
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Unilateral “bump” on vocal cord

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Vocal cord polyp

42
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Most common causes of vocal cord paralysis

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Neoplastic causes

43
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Unilateral vocal cord paralysis

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Breathy, hoarse voice

44
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Bilateral vocal cord paralysis

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Stridor, dyspnea

45
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ADDuctor spasmodic dysphonia

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More common, sudden stop of voice

46
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ABDuctor spasmodic dysphonia

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Pt sounds breathy, botox posterior cricoarytenoid muscle

47
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Results from histamine-mediated urticarial reactions

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Aquired laryngeal angioedema

48
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C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency

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Congenital laryngeal angioedema

49
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Polypod degeneration of superficial lamina propria

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Reinkes space edema, in smokers!

50
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Mainly serous gland

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Parotid gland, stensons duct and facial nerve

51
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Mixed serous and mucinous gland

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Submandibular gland, whartons duct, facial/lingial artery, hypoglossal nerve

52
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Mainly mucuous gland

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Sublingual gland, ducts of rivinus

53
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Tx of ptyalism and sialorrhea

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Anticholinergics

54
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What risk does xerostomia pose?

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dental carries

55
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Most common cause of acute sialadentis

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Staph aureus

56
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Acute salivary gland infection

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Acute sialadentis

57
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Stone in salivary gland duct

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Acute sialoLITHiasis

58
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Bilateral painful parotic swelling

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Mumps, paramyxovirus

59
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Firm enlargement of submandibular gland, cirrhotic changes with destruction of acinar cells

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Kuttner Tumor

60
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Dry eyes, xerostomia, partoic swelling

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Sjogren Syndrome, associated with non-hodgkins lymphoma

61
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Cyst that extends into cervical tissues and may look like a neck mass

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Plunging Ranula

62
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If a tumor is found in a small gland…

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The more likely it is malignant

63
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Most common salivary gland malignancy in children

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Mucoepidermoid tumor

64
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Most common tumor of each gland

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Pleomorphic ademoa

65
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Second most common salivary gland tumor

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Warthin Tumor

66
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Signs of salivary gland malignancy

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Solitary nodule, facial nerve involvement, pain, trismus, cervical lymphadenopathy

67
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Most common submandibular and minor salivary gland malignancy

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Adenoid cystic carcinoma

68
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Injury to auriculotemporal nerve results in aberrant innervation of cutaneous sweat glands, results in sweating while eating

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Frey Syndrome

69
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Stored in the thyroid

70
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What does TSH do?

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Increases iodide uptake

71
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Excess Iodine inhibits thyroid hormone

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Wolff-Chaikoff effect

72
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Effects of thyroid hormone

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Elevates metabolic rate, releases steriod hormones, stimulates erythopoiesis, increases sympathetic activity

73
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Free T4 is specific for…

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hypo/hyperthyroidism

74
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TSH is most sensitive test for…

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primary hypo/hyperthyroidism

75
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FNA indication

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> 5mm…do if high risk or suspicious nodule

76
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Bethesda grading system for thyroid pathology

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1: need better specimen, 2:benign, 3:atypia or redo FNA, 4: follicular neoplams, so surgical lobectomy, 5:suspicious for cancer so thyroidectomy, 6:malignant so thyroidectomy

77
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Most common FNA cytology result

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Papillary cells: papillary carcinoma, but not necessarily bad prognosis, see Psammoma bodies

78
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2nd most common FNA cytology result

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Follicular cells: Common, not necessarily a bad prognosis, most common in elderly females

79
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Aggressive FNA cytology result

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Bizarre cells, suggests anaplastic carcinoma, in elderly, grows and erodes thru trachea

80
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Decreased uptake of thyroid radionucleotide studies

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Graves disease and hyperthyroidism

81
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High risk thyroid neoplasia pts

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AMES, Age (>41males, >51 females), metastatis, extent, size (>5cm)

82
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Most common thyroid cancer

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Papillary carcinoma, most common in young females, increased risk with radiation exposure and Gardner syndrome

83
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Genes associated with Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma

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MEN IIA/B mutation, RET-3 oncogene association

84
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S&S of medullary thyroid carcinoma

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elevated calcitonin and CEA

85
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Thyroid Storm

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Acute extreme state of thyrotoxicosis, sudden fever, profuse sweating, tachycardia, nausea, abd pain, tremors, restless, psychosis, coma, stupor,NEED IMMEDIATE IODINE

86
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Cause of goiters

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Iodine deficiency, iodine excess, lithium, thyroid hormone resistance

87
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Thyroid stimulating immunoglobins stimulate hyperplasia from TSH, leading to unregulated overproduction of thyroid hormones with no negative feedback to turn off

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Graves disease

88
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Tx of Graves disease

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I131, propranolol, subtotal thryoidectomy

89
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Most common painful thyroiditis, presents usually with malaise or flu-like illness prior to pain

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De Quervain, aka subactue granulomatous thyroiditis

90
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Most common cause of hypothyroidism, chronic autoimmune

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Hashimoto thyroiditis

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