tommyk
10-04-2006, 07:39 AM
Hy 2412 VERY common Most Commons Path Question sampled…
40-year-old woman named Cameron Diaz was applying her Revlon make-up while also drinking her morning cup of Starbucks coffee. She noticed in the mirror that a round, 2-cm mass would move up and down in the lower part of her neck whenever she swallowed. It was NOT there a year agoHer physician confirms that she has a single, firm, thyroid nodule in the right lobe. History and PE are normal. Her pulse is 80/min and regular. Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) is within normal limits.
1-Bipolar Disorder
2-Benign Thyroid Nodule
3-Toxic Nodule Goiter
4-Malignant Cancer
5-Toxic adenoma
a) Given her age, symptoms, and the common finding of #2 (the correct ans), and the way it presented, do a FNA just to be sure and follow up. Note #3, #5 is ruled out w/ the normal TSH.
40-year-old woman named Cameron Diaz was applying her Revlon make-up while also drinking her morning cup of Starbucks coffee. She noticed in the mirror that a round, 2-cm mass would move up and down in the lower part of her neck whenever she swallowed. It was NOT there a year agoHer physician confirms that she has a single, firm, thyroid nodule in the right lobe. History and PE are normal. Her pulse is 80/min and regular. Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) is within normal limits.
1-Bipolar Disorder
2-Benign Thyroid Nodule
3-Toxic Nodule Goiter
4-Malignant Cancer
5-Toxic adenoma
a) Given her age, symptoms, and the common finding of #2 (the correct ans), and the way it presented, do a FNA just to be sure and follow up. Note #3, #5 is ruled out w/ the normal TSH.