ENDOCRINE PROBLEMS
AND BREAST
Questions
DIRECTIONS: Each item below contains a question or incomplete
statement followed by suggested responses, Select the one best response to
each question
241. Which of the following state- 242. The thyroid scan shown
ments regarding adrenal cortical below exhibits a pattern that is
insufficiency is true? most consistent with which of the
following disorders?
Terms of Use243. A 17-year-old girl presents 245. Estrogen receptor activity is
with an anterior neck mass. Her clinically useful in predicting
thyroid scan, shown below, is most
consistent with which of the fol
lowing disorders?
246. When galactorthea occurs in
a high school student, a diagnostic
associated finding would be
247. ‘The diagnosis of primary hy-
perparathyroidism is most strongly
suggested by
244, A 35-year-old woman under
goes her first screening mammo-
gram, Which of the following
mammographic findings would
require a breast biopsy?
248, Somatostatin contributes to
which of the following processes?249. Which of the following
statements concerning Cushing syn-
drome secondary to adrenal ade-
noma is true?
250. A 40-year-old woman is
found to have a 1- to 2-cm, slightly
tender cystic mass in her breast; she
has no perceptible axillary adenopa-
thy. What course would you follow?
251. Which statement concerning
radiation-induced thyroid cancer is
true?
252. The course of papillary carci-
noma of the thyroid is best
described by which of the follow-
ing statements?