Audio Qbank – Q193 – A 4F with a lump in her neck

 

A 4-year-old girl is brought to the physician by her mom because of a 3-week history of a lump in her neck. Physical examination shows a 2-cm mass just inferior to the hyoid bone. A technetium 99m pertechnetate scan shows uptake in the mass. Which of the following is most likely to be seen on biopsy of the mass?

 

Apple-green birefringence with Congo red stain
Chief cells
Psammoma bodies
Taste buds
Thyroid follicles

 

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