Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2011
A 39-year-old patient complains of a tumour on the anterior surface of her neck. The tumour has been observed for 2 years. It is nonmobile and has enlarged recently. The patient has a changed tone of voice, a sense of pressure. Objectively: in the left lobe of the thyroid gland a 3 cm node is palpable; it is very dense, tuberous, painless. Cervical lymph nodes are enlarged. Functional status of the thyroid gland is unchanged. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Answer options
- Nodular hyperthyroid goiter
- Chronic lymphomatous Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
- Thyroid gland cancer
- Chronic fibrous Riedel’s thyroiditis
- Nodular euthyroid goiter
Correct answer
Thyroid gland cancer
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