The child with a neck swelling
Kayleigh is a 13-year-old girl who has recently noticed a neck swelling. Please examine her.
What investigations would be appropriate for Kayleigh?
- TFTs
- Calcium (particularly if neck scar as patient may have hypoparathyroidism)
- Thyroid autoantibodies
- Islet cell autoantibody, GAD, insulin autoantibodies
- Adrenal cell antibodies
- Bone age
- Radionuclide imaging
- Cranial CT/MRI
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