Question

Patient with Hashimoto's who presents with enlarging thyroid, hoarseness, dysphagia, B symptoms, etc:

a) Differentiated thyroid cancer; Thyroidectomy and radioactive iodine
b) Medullary thyroid cancer; Total thyroidectomy
c) Anaplastic thyroid cancer; Chemoradiotherapy
d) Follicular thyroid cancer; Hemithyroidectomy

Answer 1

A patient with Hashimoto's who presents with enlarging thyroid, hoarseness, dysphagia, B symptoms, etc. is most likely to have differentiated thyroid cancer. The appropriate treatment for differentiated thyroid cancer in this case would be thyroidectomy and radioactive iodine.

Step-by-step explanation:

A patient with Hashimoto's who presents with enlarging thyroid, hoarseness, dysphagia, B symptoms, etc. is most likely to have differentiated thyroid cancer.

The appropriate treatment for differentiated thyroid cancer in this case would be thyroidectomy and radioactive iodine.

This involves surgically removing the thyroid (thyroidectomy) and then using radioactive iodine to destroy any remaining cancer cells.