A 30-year-old woman presents with heat intolerance, weight loss despite increased appetite, tremor and palpitations. Examination reveals a diffuse goi...

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A 30-year-old woman presents with heat intolerance, weight loss despite increased appetite, tremor and palpitations. Examination reveals a diffuse goitre and bilateral exophthalmos. What is the most likely underlying diagnosis?

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Graves’ disease

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Toxic multinodular goitre

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Subacute (De Quervain’s) thyroiditis

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Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

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Non-thyroidal illness

uk-plab-1 MCQ (SBA): Graves’ disease – clinical features

A 30-year-old woman presents with heat intolerance, weight loss despite increased appetite, tremor and palpitations. Examination reveals a diffuse goitre and bilateral exophthalmos. What is the most likely underlying diagnosis?