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7amyg - vicissitude - ArchivalUser - 04-06-2006
Which carcinoma should be excluded before performing surgery of the thyroid gland in a previously healthy 30 yrs pt with 2 day painless neck lump and increased serum calcitonin level whose mother was treated for a thyroid tumor and whose younger sister has no thyroid mass but an increased serum calcitonin level?
1. Pheochromocytoma
2. Parathyroid
3. Ovarian
4. Lung
5. Adenocortical
0 - ArchivalUser - 04-06-2006
II
0 - ArchivalUser - 04-06-2006
I pick 1 because it is dangerous.
0 - ArchivalUser - 04-06-2006
I HAVE ALSO PICKED ONE 11