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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

  1. Nodular hyperthyroid goiter
  2. Chronic lymphomatous Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
  3. Thyroid gland cancer
  4. Chronic fibrous Riedel’s thyroiditis
  5. Nodular euthyroid goiter
Correct answer

Thyroid gland cancer

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