08-06-2006, 07:32 AM
30 y/o woman has a painless lump in her neck for 2 days. her mother was rx for thyroid tumor at age of 35. Her sis 28 y/o has an increased serum calcitonin level but no thyroid mass. exam shows a palpable thyroid nodule. her serum calcitonin level is increased. which of the following diagnoses should be excluded prior to surgical rx of the thyroid gland ?
a. adrenocortical carcinoma
b. lung carci
c. ovarian carci
d. parathyroid cari
e. pheochromocytoma
a. adrenocortical carcinoma
b. lung carci
c. ovarian carci
d. parathyroid cari
e. pheochromocytoma