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29 Cards in this Set
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WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CAUSES OF VENOUS THROMBUS?
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HEART FAILURE
POOR CIRCULATION ATHEROSCLEROSIS |
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HOW DOES A VENOUS THROMBUS APPEAR ON A CECT?
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LOW DENSITY DEFECT IN VESSEL
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WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CAUSES OF A GOITRE?
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IODINE INSUFFICIENCY
THYROID ADENOMA CYSTS VASCULAR DILATATION |
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WITH WHICH PATHOLOGY IS GRAVE'S DISEASE ASSOCIATED?
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GOITRE
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WHAT IS THE TREATMENT FOR GOITRE?
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1 - THERAPEUTIC DOSES OF RADIOACTIVE IODINE
2 - THYROIDECTOMY |
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WHAT IS THE RADIOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE OF GOITRE ON CECT?
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INCREASED SIZE AND ASYMMETRY OF THYROID
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FROM WHERE DO PARATHYROID CYSTS ARISE?
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PARATHYROID GLANDS
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IS A PARATHYROID CYST A BENIGN OR MALIGNANT LESION?
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BENIGN
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ARE PARATHYROID CYSTS USUALLY SYMPTOMATIC OR ASYMPTOMATIC?
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ASYMPTOMATIC
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IF SYMPTOMATIC - WHAT SYMPTOMS MIGHT BE PRESENT?
WHY? (parathyroid cyst) |
HOARSENESS
COMPRESSION OF THE LARYNGEAL NERVE |
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WITH WHICH DISEASE IS PARATHYROID CYST OFTEN ASSOCIATED?
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HYPERPARATHYROIDISM
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WHAT IS THE RADIOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE OF A PARATHYROID CYST?
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THIN-WALLED CYST
LATERAL TO THYROID GLAND |
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WHAT IS LYMPHADENOPATHY?
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A GENERAL TERM FOR DISEASE OF THE LYMPH NODES.
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WITH LYMPHADENOPATHY, WHAT INDICATES METASTASES?
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> SIZE
> HETEROGENEITY > NUMBER (ESP CLUSTERS) |
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IS LYMPHOMA A COMMON OR UNCOMMON MALIGNANCY OF THE NECK?
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COMMON
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FROM WHERE DOES LYMPHOMA OFTEN ARISE?
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CERVICAL LYMPH NODES
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WHICH TONSILS ARE COMMONLY INVOLVED WITH LYMPHOMA?
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PALATINE
PHARYNGEAL LINGUAL |
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WHAT IS THE RADIOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE OF LYMPHOMA?
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CLUSTERS OF ROUND, NON-NECROTIC LYMPH NODES
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ARE MUCOCELES MORE COMMON IN ADULTS OR CHILDREN?
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ADULTS
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WHAT OFTEN CAUSES A MUCOCELE?
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OBSTRUCTED SALIVARY GLAND
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WHAT IS THE RADIOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE OF A MUCOCELE?
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LARGE MASS
WATER DENSITY INVOLVES SALIVARY GLANDS OR SINUSES |
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ARE PHARYNGEAL ABSCESSES MORE COMMON IN ADULTS OR CHILDREN?
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CHILDREN
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WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON SYMPTOM OF A PHARYNGEAL ABSCESS?
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TRISMUS (INABILITY TO OPEN MOUTH NORMALLY)
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WHAT IS THE RADIOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE OF A PHARYNGEAL ABSCESS?
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ISO- OR HYPO- DENSE MASS
UNSHARP MARGINS |
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AN INFECTION OF THE TONSILS OR PHARYNX CAN SPREAD AND CAUSE WHICH PATHOLOGY?
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PHARYNGEAL ABSCESS
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A HX OF NECK IRRADIATION CAN CAUSE WHICH PATHOLOGY?
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THYROID CARCINOMA
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WITH WHAT MIGHT A PATIENT WITH THYROID CARCINOMA PRESENT?
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RAPID GROWTH OF A STONE-HARD NODULE
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HOW COULD A THYROID CARCINOMA CAUSE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS?
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COMPRESSION OF THE TRACHEA FROM THE TUMOUR MASS
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WHAT IS THE RADIOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE OF A THYROID CARCINOMA?
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HETEROGENEOUS MASS
ILL-DEFINED BORDERS MAY SHOW CALCIFIC OR CYSTIC COMPONENTS |
