Endocrinology & Diabetes — Flashcards

_____ is the most common cause of malignant thyroid nodules

Patients with thyroid nodule(s) should have emergency hospital admission if they experience symptoms of _____

_____ hyperthyroidism: • TSH: ↓ • T4/T3: ↔

_____thyroidism causes upregulation/sensitisation of beta-adrenergic receptors leading to activation of the sympathetic nervous system

Which antibody is most commonly associated with subacute lymphocytic thyroiditis? _____

TSH is _____ during the thyrotoxic phase of de Quervain's thyroiditis

Hint: ↑/↔/↓

Tachycardia is associated with _____thyroidism

Hyperreflexia is associated with _____thyroidism

_____ hyperthyroidism: • TSH: ↓ • T4/T3: ↑

If an ultrasound of a thyroid nodule shows features suspicious of malignancy, the next investigation is _____