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Anatomy
Diagnosis
Staging
Treatment
Treatment
100
Midline remnant of diverticulum resulting from migration of thyroid tissue
What is a thyroglossal duct cyst
100
Most common presentation for WTC
What is a thyroid nodule
100
System used to stage thyroid cancer
What is AJCC TNM classification
100
Best procedure for an indeterminate nodule in a person with history of radiation exposure as a child
Total thyroidectomy
100
Test ordered in PACU after total thyroidectomy
What is PTH
200
The recuurent laryngeal nerve traverses behind this ligament upon entering the cricothyroid membrane
What is Berry's ligament or posterior suspensory ligament
200
Useful test for a thyroid nodule if TSH is low
What is RAI scan?
200
Not recommended as routine preoperative tests for WTC
What are CT, MRI, PET?
200
Treatment of choice in a 40 female with a follicular adenoma with a .5cm focus of papillary cancer after a hemithyroidectomy
Follow-up
200
Thyroid replacement given after total thyroidectomy with a short half life
What is T3 or Cytomel
300
The left recurrent laryngeal nerve loops around this structure in its upward course to the tracheo-esophageal groove
What is the ligamentum arteriosum
300
Occurs in 15-30 % of FNA results
Indeterminate cytology
300
A reliable nemonic used in assessing the aggressive potential of thyroid cancer
What is AGES
300
Follow-up levels after total thyroidectomy for medullary cancer
What are calcitonin levels?
300
Treatment of choice for spasm of the hand and peri oral numbness
What is IV Ca Gluconate
400
This artery may arise from the aorta of inonimate artery and runs in the midline to supply the thyroid gland
What is the thyroid IMA
400
USS system used in reporting thyroid nodules similar to BIRADS
What is Thyroid image reporting and data system? TIRADS
400
Two common features of papillary cancer that do not impact prognosis
Multi-centricity, and Lymph node involvement
400
Study published by your PD about thyroid surgery
Outpatient thyroid surgery Can J Surg June 2009; 52(3); 182-186
400
These 2 tests are used in routine follow-up of patients who underwent total thyroidectomy for thyroid cancer
What is Tg levels and USS of the neck
500
The main blood supply of the parathyroid glands in the majority of the cases
What is the inferior thyroid artery
500
Molecular markers used to achieve a NPV of 95% in benign nodules
What is Gene Expression Classifier GEC?
500
Associated with MEN II syndrome
What is medullary carcinoma?
500
Lymph node dissection is not indicated unless these findings exist
Clinical or pathologically proven lymph node involvement
500
A term used to describe the reduction in uptake of I-131 therapy dose induced by pretreatment diagnostic RAI
What is Stunning