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Thyroid Symptoms Flashcards

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Goitre

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Thyroid gland swelling

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Goitre swellings

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  • Multinodular
  • Simple
  • Cyst
  • Tumour: adenoma, carcinoma, lymphoma
  • Miscellaneous: sarcoidosis
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Goitre Physiological Causes

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  • Pregnancy

- Puberty

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Goitre Autoimmune Causes

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  • Grave’s

- Hashimoto’s

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Goitre Thyroiditis Causes

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  • De Quervain’s (acute)

- Reidel’s (chronic)

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Goitre Iodine Causes

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  • Deficiency

- Goitrogens (affect uptake)

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Solitary thyroid nodule Pathology

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  • Palpably discrete swelling within a normal thyroid gland
  • Benign
  • Dominant nodule of multinodular goitre
  • Cyst
  • Follicular adenoma
  • Carcinoma
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Solitary thyroid nodule Aetiology

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  • FH
  • Chronic inflammatory conditions
  • Radiation exposure
  • Obesity
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Solitary thyroid nodule Investigations

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  • TFTs
  • US
  • FNA (cytology)
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