4. HISTORY OF PRESENTING ILLNESS:
• The patient was apparently alright 2 years back when she suddenly
noticed a swelling in the front lower part of the neck. The swelling
was small to start with and gradually increasing in size. She
experienced a loss of appetite and weight loss, anxiety and
palpitations.
5. NEGATIVE HISTORY:
• No h/o pain
• No h/o fever
• No h/o dsynea, dysphagia, hoarseness of voice
• No h/o of recurrent fainting attacks
• No h/o weakness, lethargy, swelling of face or body , intolerance
to cold, dry skin, menorrhagia and constipation
• No h/o intolerance to heat, diarrhoea or oligomenorrhea
• No h/o irritability on slight provocation
• No h/o insomnia
6. NEGATIVE HISTORY:
• No h/o any drug intake
• No h/o similar swelling on the lateral side
• No h/o bone pain or any swelling in the spine of the flat bones
7. PERSONAL HISTORY :
• Appetite: Reduced
• Diet :Mixed
• Bowel and Bladder: Regular
• Sleep: Normal
• Addiction: Denies any addiction
8. MENSTRUAL HISTORY:
• Regular monthly cycles
• 29 days between to cycles
• It lasts for 4 days
• Change of 3 pads in a day.
9. FAMILY HISTORY:
• No similar history in the family before.
• No similar history in the neighbourhood.
10. PAST HISTORY :
• No h/o of asthma, tuberculosis, hypertension or diabetes mellitus
• No h/o radiation exposure in the neck, head and chest.
11. SUMMARY:
• A 35 year old female comes with a complain of swelling over the front
side of neck since 2 years my probable diagnosis of the case is a
solitary colloid goiter.
12. GENERAL EXAMINATION:
The patient was conscious, cooperative and well oriented to time, place and person.
VITALS:
• Pulse: 93 bpm, regular rhythm, normal volume ,force and tension. No
radio-radial delay or radio femoral delay. All peripheral pulses felt
bilaterally.{ Sleeping pulse is taken}. Not a collapsing type of pulse.
• Blood pressure:110/70 mm of mercury in right arm in supine position.
• Respiratory rate : 22 cycles/min.
• Temperature : 96.6 F (measured in the axilla)
14. LOCAL EXAMINATION:
The patient was examined with due consent under adequate illumination and in the presence of
a female attendant.
She was exposed till the sternum
INSPECTION:
• A single swelling which is 8*10 cm and spherical which is present in the lower part in
the front and extending to the sides upto the sternomastoid, below till the thyroid
cartilage and upto the suprasternal notch.
• Surface:smooth
• Margins:well defined
• Lower border of swelling is well defined and visible
• Skin over the swelling appears normal
• No visible pulsations
• Swelling movement with deglutition is visible
• Upward movement of swelling with protrusion of tongue is absent
15. INSPECTION:
• Swelling movement with deglutition is visible
• Upward movement of swelling with protrusion of tongue is absent
• Trails sign: Sternal head of the sternocleidomastoid muscle is not
prominent
• No other visible swelling.
16. PALPATION:
The swelling is palpated by standing behind the patient by the classical method
• No local rise of temperature
• No tenderness
• All my inspector findings are confirmed.
• Size: 8*10 cm
• Shape: spherical
• Surface: smooth
• Margin: well defined
• Consistency: firm
17. PALPATION:
• Mobility :present
• Moves with deglutition
• Non pulsatile swelling
• No thrill
• Mobility from side to side present
• No tracheal deviation {three finger test}
• Kochers sign: negative
• Berrys sign: negative {carotid pulsations felt at the anterior border of the
sternocleidomastoid at the level of the upper border of the thyroid
cartilage}
21. EXAMINATION OF TOXIC SIGNS:
• Tremor: fine tremors present in the hand.
• No bruit heard in the upper pole
• Eye signs:
1. Joffroys sign: loss of wrinkling of forehead present thus positive
2. No exophthalmos
3. Dalrymples sign: upper scelra not visible
4. Von grafes sign : negative
5. Mobius sign: negative
6. Stellwag sign: negative
22. SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION:
1- Cardiovascular system :
• S1 and S2 heard
• No murmurs heard
2- Respiratory system :
• Normal vesicular breath sounds heard
• No added sounds
3-Centravl nervous system:
• Higher mental functions normal
• No lethargy or anxiousness
23. PROBABLE DIANGOSIS:
30 year old female a case of solitary colloid goiter in hyperthyroid state
with a sporadic etiology without complication and any retrosternal
extention .