A patient presents to ED with chest pain and this trace. What would you do?
Interpretation management
Inspection
Inspect from anteriorly
Palpationย
Palpate from posteriorly
Percussion
Percuss over sternum for retrosternal goitre
Auscultation
Auscultate forย thyroid bruit over each lobe
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What pathological conditions are associated with an abnormal thyroid exam?
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Please state 5 clinical signs linked to hyperthyroidism?
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What are the clinical signs specific to Gravesโ disease?
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How do thyroglossal cysts form? How could you confirm a lesion is a thyroglossal cyst on clinical examination?
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Why may Gravesโ disease cause a bruit when auscultating the thyroid gland?
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Picture references
Exophthalmos: Jonathan Trobe, M.D. University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center. The Eyes Have It 2011. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en). Sourced from: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Proptosis_and_lid_retraction_from_Graves%27_Disease.jpg
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