Thyroid & Parathyroid
1) Common causes of myxedema are as under EXCEPT:
a) Follicular adenoma
b) Ablation of thyroid by surgery
c) Thyroid cancer
d) Autoimmune thyroiditis
2) There is higher incidence of lymphoma of the thyroid in the following condition:
a) Grave's disease
b) Hashimoto s thyroiditis
c) Nodular goiter
d) Riedel's thyroiditis
3) There is considerable depletion of colloid in the follicles in the following
condition :
a) Graves’ disease
b) Hashimoto's thyroiditis
c) Nodular goiter
d) Follicular adenoma
4) Nodular goiter is characterized by the following features EXCEPT
a) Iodine deficiency plays role in etiology
b) There is repeated hyperplasia and involution
c) There is deficient thyroid hormone production
d) There is decreased TSH stimulation
5) Role of external radiation in etiology of thyroid cancer is maximum in:
a) Papillary carcinoma
b) Follicular carcinoma
c) Medullary carcinoma
d) Anaplastic carcinoma
,6) Blood spread is rare and exceptional in the following thyroid cancer:
a) Papillary carcinoma
b) Follicular carcinoma
c) Medullary carcinoma
d) Anaplastic carcinoma
7) Male: female ratio is equal in the following thyroid cancer:
a) Papillary carcinoma
b) Follicular carcinoma
c) Medullary carcinoma
d) Anaplastic Carcinoma
8) The following thyroid cancer is a neuroendocrine tumor:
a) Papillary carcinoma
b) Follicular carcinoma
c) Medullary carcinoma
d) Anaplastic Carcinoma
9) The following is NOT a feature of thyroid adenoma:
a- A solitary thyroid nodule
b- Of various microscopic types
c- Papillary formations
d- May turn malignant
10) Ground glass nuclei devoid of nucleoli are characteristic of:
a) Papillary carcinoma
b) Follicular carcinoma
c) Medullary carcinoma
d) Anaplastic carcinoma
, 11) Psammoma bodies are characteristic of :
a) Papillary carcinoma
b) Follicular carcinoma
c) Medullary carcinoma
d) Anaplastic carcinoma
12) Amyloid stroma is characteristic of:
a) Papillary carcinoma
b) Follicular Carcinoma
c) Medullary carcinoma
d) Anaplastic carcinoma
13) Calcitonin is secreted by:
a) Papillary carcinoma
b) Follicular Carcinoma
c) Medullary carcinoma
d) Anaplastic carcinoma
14) Histologic features of papillary carcinoma include all EXCEPT:
a) Ground glass nuclei
b) Nuclear grooves
c) Intranuclear inclusions
d) Psammoma bodies
e) Capsule or vascular invasion is essential
15) Follicular carcinoma is characterized by all EXCEPT:
a) Encapsulated
b) Psammoma bodies
c) Formed of follicles of variable size and shape
d) Capsule or vascular invasion is mandatory to confirm the diagnosis
1) Common causes of myxedema are as under EXCEPT:
a) Follicular adenoma
b) Ablation of thyroid by surgery
c) Thyroid cancer
d) Autoimmune thyroiditis
2) There is higher incidence of lymphoma of the thyroid in the following condition:
a) Grave's disease
b) Hashimoto s thyroiditis
c) Nodular goiter
d) Riedel's thyroiditis
3) There is considerable depletion of colloid in the follicles in the following
condition :
a) Graves’ disease
b) Hashimoto's thyroiditis
c) Nodular goiter
d) Follicular adenoma
4) Nodular goiter is characterized by the following features EXCEPT
a) Iodine deficiency plays role in etiology
b) There is repeated hyperplasia and involution
c) There is deficient thyroid hormone production
d) There is decreased TSH stimulation
5) Role of external radiation in etiology of thyroid cancer is maximum in:
a) Papillary carcinoma
b) Follicular carcinoma
c) Medullary carcinoma
d) Anaplastic carcinoma
,6) Blood spread is rare and exceptional in the following thyroid cancer:
a) Papillary carcinoma
b) Follicular carcinoma
c) Medullary carcinoma
d) Anaplastic carcinoma
7) Male: female ratio is equal in the following thyroid cancer:
a) Papillary carcinoma
b) Follicular carcinoma
c) Medullary carcinoma
d) Anaplastic Carcinoma
8) The following thyroid cancer is a neuroendocrine tumor:
a) Papillary carcinoma
b) Follicular carcinoma
c) Medullary carcinoma
d) Anaplastic Carcinoma
9) The following is NOT a feature of thyroid adenoma:
a- A solitary thyroid nodule
b- Of various microscopic types
c- Papillary formations
d- May turn malignant
10) Ground glass nuclei devoid of nucleoli are characteristic of:
a) Papillary carcinoma
b) Follicular carcinoma
c) Medullary carcinoma
d) Anaplastic carcinoma
, 11) Psammoma bodies are characteristic of :
a) Papillary carcinoma
b) Follicular carcinoma
c) Medullary carcinoma
d) Anaplastic carcinoma
12) Amyloid stroma is characteristic of:
a) Papillary carcinoma
b) Follicular Carcinoma
c) Medullary carcinoma
d) Anaplastic carcinoma
13) Calcitonin is secreted by:
a) Papillary carcinoma
b) Follicular Carcinoma
c) Medullary carcinoma
d) Anaplastic carcinoma
14) Histologic features of papillary carcinoma include all EXCEPT:
a) Ground glass nuclei
b) Nuclear grooves
c) Intranuclear inclusions
d) Psammoma bodies
e) Capsule or vascular invasion is essential
15) Follicular carcinoma is characterized by all EXCEPT:
a) Encapsulated
b) Psammoma bodies
c) Formed of follicles of variable size and shape
d) Capsule or vascular invasion is mandatory to confirm the diagnosis
