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Endocrine System Pediatrics Questions
Question 1 of 5
Broad forehead, hypertelorism, small chin, long philtrum, camptodactyly, and fetal finger pads are features of the following genetic overgrowth syndrome
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Sotos syndrome (B) matches these features, including cerebral gigantism and dysmorphism.
Question 2 of 5
Retardation of osseous development in congenitally hypothyroid infants can be shown radiographically at birth in approximately
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: About 60% (C) of congenital hypothyroidism cases show delayed bone age at birth.
Question 3 of 5
One of the following is not routinely done in children with suspected hypothyroidism
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Sonography (A) is not routine; TSH (C) and free T4 (B) are primary tests, with antibodies (D, E) for autoimmune causes.
Question 4 of 5
A painless nodule in the thyroid or in the neck is the usual presentation of childhood thyroid cancer. Of the following, the MOST common site of distant metastasis is
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Lungs (E) are the most common site of distant metastasis in pediatric thyroid cancer.
Question 5 of 5
Type Ia accounts for the majority of patients with pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP), they have the following skeletal abnormalities EXCEPT
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Bowing (D) is not a feature of PHP type Ia; others are part of Albright hereditary osteodystrophy.