The Rational Clinical Examination
David L. Simel, Drummond Rennie
Goiter
David L. Simel, Adi Cohen
Clinical Scenario
Topics Discussed:
goiter, thyroid diseases
Excerpt:
"A 34-year-old woman had a child about 14 months ago. She had
been breast-feeding her newborn but stopped about 2 months before
her routine visit with you. She complains that her weight has not
gone back to baseline and that her skirts are tight at the waist
and her blouses are tight at the neck. Does she simply need to lose weight,
or could she have a goiter?..."
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