A 29-year-old woman presents with a 3-month history of weight loss, heat intolerance, tremor and palpitations. Examination reveals a diffuse goitre an...

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A 29-year-old woman presents with a 3-month history of weight loss, heat intolerance, tremor and palpitations. Examination reveals a diffuse goitre and bilateral exophthalmos. What is the most likely diagnosis?

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Graves’ disease

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Subacute (de Quervain’s) thyroiditis

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Toxic multinodular goitre

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Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

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Non-thyroidal illness

uk-plab-1 MCQ (SBA): Graves’ disease

A 29-year-old woman presents with a 3-month history of weight loss, heat intolerance, tremor and palpitations. Examination reveals a diffuse goitre and bilateral exophthalmos. What is the most likely diagnosis?