Thyroid:
Examination
GPE
1.
Facies- Thyrotoxic facies, myxedema facies
2.
Pulse -rate and rhythm (preferably sleeping pulse)
3.
Wet/Sweaty hands
LOCAL
[A] Inspection
1.
Position and extent of the swelling
(In reference to sternomastoid muscle, suprasternal notch and
thyroid cartilage)
2.
Shape
3.
Size (vertical and horizontal dimension in cms)
4.
Surface: Smooth/irregular/nodular.
5.
Margins
6.
Skin over the swelling: Scar/pigmentation/venous prominence.
7.
Any pulsation
8.
Movement of the swelling with deglutition
·
Thyroid Swelling
·
Subhyoid bursitis
·
Prelaryngeal or pretracheal lymph node
·
Any swelling arising from larynx or trachea
·
Thyroglossal cyst
9.
Movement of the swelling with protrusion of the tongue
(thyroglossal cyst)
[B]
Palpation
1.
Temperature /Tenderness
2.
Movement of the swelling with deglutition
3.
Movement of the swelling on protrusion of the tongue
4.
Position and extent of the swelling
5.
Shape/Size
6.
Surface, margin
7.
Consistency: Hard, firm, soft cystic, variegated
8.
Any pulsation/thrill
9.
Any skin fixity
10.
Mobility: side to side and up and down
11.
Relation of the swelling with sternocleidomastoid muscle
12.
Positions of trachea
13.
Pizzillo’s method (In obese
patients with short neck)
·
Patient keeps both his hands on the occiput and extends the neck
14.
Lahey’s method
·
to palpate one lobe push swelling from opposite side e.g. To
palpate the left lobe, push the right lobe to the left with the left hand so
that the left lobe becomes prominent
15.
Crile’s method
·
Place pulp of the thumb over the swelling àask
to swallowàswelling
moves up and downà nodularity felt easily
16.
Kocher's test for tracheal compression
·
swelling is pressed slightly on either side of tracheaà
stridor if tracheomalacia
17.
Berry’s sign (to look for malignant
infiltration of carotid sheath)
·
Carotid pulse not palpable on the side of the swelling but
palpable above and below the swelling
18.
Signs of sympathetic trunk palsy (Horner's syndrome)
(Mnemonic- AMPLE)
·
Anhidrosis (loss of sweating)
·
Miosis
·
Pseudoptosis (slight drooping of upper eyelid)
·
Loss of ciliospinal reflex
·
Enophthalmos
[C] Percussion:
·
Dull note over manubrium sterni in retrosternal goiter
[D] Auscultation
·
Any bruit audible or not near upper pole of the thyroid lobes.
[E]Examination
of Cervical Lymph Nodes
EXAMINATION FOR
TOXIC SIGNS
[A] Pulse
·
rate
·
rhythm
·
volume
·
any special character—collapsing or not
[B] Tremor in hands and tongue
[C] Thrill and bruit over the
thyroid gland usually present at upper pole
[D]Eye signs
1.
Exophthalmos: Forward bulging of the eyeball
[Normal -Upper lid halfway between pupil
and superior limbus
-Lower lid at a tangent to inferior limbus
Lid retraction
-Upper lid raised
-Lower lid normal
(Do not be deceived into thinking this abnormality is caused by
exophthalmos.)
Exophthalmos -Both
lids moved away from centre with sclera visible below or all-round the iris]
(Norman Browse)
·
Naffziger method
§ Look
from behind neck of the patient (slightly extended)à
along superior orbital marginà if eyeball
is seen beyond the superior orbital marginàExophthalmos
present
2.
Dalrymple’s sign: Visibility of upper sclera due
to spasm of upper eyelid
3.
Von Graefe’s sign: lid lag
(Mnemonic- Long neck of Giraffe causes lag in eating grass)
4.
Joffroy’s sign: Loss of wrinkling of forehead on
looking up
(Mnemonic- Anger/frown of King Joffery in Game of thrones)
5.
Möbius sign: failure of convergence on
accommodation at a near object from a distant object
(Mnemonic- Mobile causes failure of convergence)
6.
Stellwag’s sign: Infrequent blinking (stare look)
(Mnemonic- Still look)
7.
Chemosis
8.
Test for eye movement (any palsy)
EXAMINATION FOR
RETROSTERNAL GOITRE
·
Lower margin of swelling. Whether visible or not (on deglutition)
·
Any dilated vein over the neck and chest wall
·
Pemberton's sign
§ patient
raises both upper limbs above the head for 2–3 minutesà
congestion and puffiness in the face with respiratory distress
·
Percussion over the manubrium sterni—Dull note
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