NBME 15 Thyroid follicles (NBME Answers)

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Retired NBME 15 Answers

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A 3-year-old girl is brought to the physician ...
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This girl has an ectopic thyroid that has remained attached to the tongue by thyroglossal duct. The mass can be identified as an ectopic thyroid rather than a thyroglossal duct cyst due to the uptake to Tc99 pertectnetate. Thus, a biopsy would show thyroid follicles. (FA2020 p326)

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cheesetouch FA2018 P320 +2

cheesetouch CONTRAST - branchial cleft cyst in lateral neck from persistent cervical sinus would not move w/ swallowing or tongue protrusion +2

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