NBME Step 2 CK Form 8 Release of preformed thyroid hormone (NBME Answers)

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Retired NBME Step 2 CK Form 8 Answers

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A previously healthy 27-year-old man comes to ...
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Young man with signs of hyperthyroidism (palpitations, heat intolerance, decreased TSH, increased T3/T4) who has a tender thyroid (consistent with de Quervain thyroiditis) and also has decreased iodine uptake into thyroid gland (consistent with thyroiditis, where preformed thyroid hormone is released but thyroid gland is not over-producing thyroid hormone)
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