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Non-Neoplastic Thyroid Disease Flashcards

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Autocrine

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Works on itself

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Paracrine

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nearby cells

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Endocrine

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Distant cells

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What is the road way for Thyroid Development

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Thyroglossal duct

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Most common location of ectopic Thyroid

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Lingual Thyroid….mass in the foramen cecum of the tongue

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Lingual thyroid is most common in what sex?

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women

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Common symptoms of a lingual thyroid

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Dysphagia, Dyspnea, dysphonia

Generally this is the only thyroid tissue this person has so they will need thyroid replacement

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Midline mass in the neck

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THyroglossal duct cyst

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substernal thyroid is most commonly seen with what?

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cervical goiter

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Aberrant Thyroid rests where?

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Lateral neck, sometimes in the lymph nodes

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In adults, what is an abberant thyroid most likely?

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Metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma..KNOW

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Struma cordis is

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Ectopic thyroid in the heart

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Struma ovarii

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Thyroid tissue in the ovary….its a Teratoma

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Graves Disease signs and symptoms

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Exopthalmos
Non-Pitting Edema
Fatigue, weight loss, increased appetite
Tachycardia
Muscular weakness
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What is the characteristic histology in Thyroid Disease?

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Scalloped Colloid, hyperplastic

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Hash?

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Hashimoto Thyroiditis

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What is the most common cause of hypothyroidism in North America

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Hashimoto Thyroiditis

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Early Hashimoto Thyroiditis is characterized by what

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HYPERthyroidism (due to fibrosis and enlargement of the gland)

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Late Hash is characterized by?

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Hypothyroidism

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Subacute granulomatous thyroiditis is also known as

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DeQuervain’s thyroiditis

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De Quervain’s thyroiditis is generally postviral, it is self limited

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ok

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Subacute lymphocytic Thyroiditis

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Generally post-partum

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Riedel Thyroiditis

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Unusual disorder of unknown cause, Fibrosis of the thyroid and other sites

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