| 1.) |
What additional history do you need in this patient? |
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| 2.) |
What physical findings should you look for in a patient with a thyroid nodule? |
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| 3.) |
What is the differential diagnosis of a thyroid nodule? |
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| 4.) |
How will you work up this patient? |
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| 5.) |
What is the treatment of a benign nodule? |
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| 6.) |
What is the treatment of well-differentiated thyroid cancer? |
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| 7.) |
What should you do if the fine needle aspiration (FNA) is nondiagnostic? |
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| 8.) |
What is the significance of an FNA reported as suspicious or indeterminate? What should you do? |
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| 10.) |
What are important prognostic factors in well-differentiated thyroid cancer? |
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| 11.) |
What are the risks of thyroidectomy? |
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| 12.) |
What is the postop treatment for well-differentiated thyroid cancer? |
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| 13.) |
What are the methods of surveillance for recurrent thyroid cancer? |
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| 14.) |
What are the other types of thyroid cancer? |
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| 9.) |
What pathologic features define follicular cancer? |
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