Clinical Case Discussion - Solitary Thyroid Nodule notes

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This note covers the following topics on Clinical Case Presentation of Solitary Thyroid Nodule :

- How each point of history and clinical examination is important in reaching your provisional diagnosis.

- What is the importance of Past history, Family history, Personal history and Negative History?

- Questions asked in viva voce during examination.

- Why are thyroid swellings more common in females?

- Differential Diagnosis of Neck Swelling
- Progression in size of Neck swelling

- Drug History related to Thyroid

- MEN Syndrome

- Causes of Amenorrhea in Hypothyroidism

- Causes of Menorrhagia in Hyperthyroidism

- Clinical Features of Hypothyroidism &  Hyperthyroidism

- Hyperthyroidism VS Thyrotoxicosis

- Neck swellings moving with deglutition and tongue protrusion

- Thyroid swellings which dont move with deglutition

- Visible Pulsation in Thyroid swelling

- Engorged vein in Thyroid swelling

- Pemberton sign

- Why do Thyroid swellings not grow upwards?

- Methods of Thyroid Palpation - Crile’s method, Lahey’s method, Pizzilo’s method, kocher’s Method

- Thyroid Paradox

- Percussion & Auscultation in Thyroid swelling

- Site for bruit auscultation

- Berry’s sign

- Differential Diagnosis of Solitary Thyroid Nodule

- Dominant nodule in Multinodular Goiter

- Lateral Aberrant Thyroid

- Most common site of Thyroid nodule

- TIRADS

- Bethesda System

- Indications of surgery in Solitary Thyroid Nodule

- Steps of Hemithyroidectomy

- Complications of Thyroidectomy

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