"Breast & Endocrine Surgery" — Practice

Question 1

A 30-year-old woman has a mobile breast lump. Examination and ultrasound both suggest a fibroadenoma. What is the next step?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 2

Which is the first investigation in a patient presenting with a solitary thyroid nodule?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 3

A 38-year-old premenopausal woman has an oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer. Which endocrine therapy is appropriate?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 4

Six hours after total thyroidectomy a patient develops a rapidly expanding neck swelling with stridor. What is the immediate action?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 5

A woman having breast conservation has one positive sentinel node and will receive whole-breast radiotherapy and systemic therapy. What is the appropriate axillary management?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 6

Fine needle aspiration of a thyroid nodule reports a follicular neoplasm. Why does this not settle the diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 7

Why must alpha blockade precede beta blockade in phaeochromocytoma?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 8

A woman has a 4 cm palpable breast mass but a normal mammogram. Which histological type is most likely?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 9

A patient has biochemically proven primary hyperparathyroidism but a negative sestamibi scan. What does this mean?

Accepted Answer

B

Practice — "Breast & Endocrine Surgery"

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