TSR
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what is the next step if we find a solitary thyroid nodule on physical exam---TSH,T4 or FNAC?
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| arlete
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TSH
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| Markus2009
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TSH by far
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| TSR
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In kaplan q book (peds qs) the answer was FNAC. I got confused.
But, I agree with both of you.
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| usmletopper2
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soltary thyroid nodule+===>TSH-increased---look for causes of hypothyroidism(hashomotos),
TSH ----decresed---------RAIU---------solitary nodular/multinodular
TSH ----Normal-----FNAC
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| smalley
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according to step up to medicine fnac is the initial test of choice for evaluation of a thryoid nodule.infact it is the best initial test for all solitary thyroid nodules except in thyrotoxic person. in cmdt its usg for incidentally discovered nodule ..in emed its fna/tsh according to diff articles..
now can some1 give a correct protocol for approaching a thyroid nodule?
Edited by smalley on 05/04/08 - 08:29 AM
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| arlete
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If even the authors can't get to a final decision... you get where I am going, right? 
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