Exam questionKROK 1Medicine · 2017
A 40-year-old woman has undergone thyroidectomy. Histological study of thyroid gland found the follicles to be of different size and contain foamy colloid, follicle epithelium is high and forms papillae, there is focal lymphocytic infiltration in the stroma. Diagnose the thyroid gland disease:
Answer options
- Basedow’s disease
- Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
- Nodular goiter
- Riedel’s thyroiditis
- De Quervain’s disease
Correct answer
Basedow’s disease
Explanation
In Basedow disease, there is the presence of increased numbers of lymphoid aggregates, including some lymphoid follicles, foamy colloid.
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