Benign Thyroid Lesions
- Previous year questions on Benign Thyroid Lesions for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Surgery section of the exam.
- Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.
- 45 live questions in Benign Thyroid Lesions.
- 2 of 45 questions carry a verified exam year: 2019, 2020.
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- Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.
Q1.Minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy can be done in all except
- ABenign solitary nodule
- BThyroid volume <25mL
- CPrior neck surgery✓ Correct answer
- DFollicular neoplasm
Q2.Which of the following statements is true regarding retrosternal goiters?
- AOperated only if patient is symptomatic
- BSternal incision is always required
- CMajority of the giotres derive their blood supply from mediastinal vessels
- DMajority of the retrosternal giotres can be removed by a neck incision✓ Correct answer
Q3.According to Thy classification of solitary nodule of thyroid, follicular neoplasm type of nodule is?
- Athy 1c
- Bthy 2
- Cthy 3✓ Correct answer
- Dthy 4
Q4.A 40-year-old female who underwent subtotal thyroidectomy developed respiratory distress 8 hours after the operation. The skin sutures were opened in the ward but the distress persisted. What is next likely step in management?
- AImmediately shift the patient to operation theatre
- BPatient should be intubated in the ward
- CExternal pressure should be applied over the neck to stop bleeding
- DOpen the layers of the wound in the ward.✓ Correct answer
Q5.Most common nerve injury associated with thyroid surgery
- ARight recurrent laryngeal
- BLeft recurrent laryngeal
- CRight internal laryngeal
- DExternal branch of superior laryngeal nerve✓ Correct answer
Q6.Most commonly used approach for retrosternal goitre:-
- ATransthoracic second intercostal space
- BTrans-sternal through anterior mediastinum
- CTranscervical✓ Correct answer
- DAxillary approach
Q7.Not a common complication of hemithyroidectomy
- AHypoparathyroidism✓ Correct answer
- BReactionary hemorrhage
- CRecurrent laryngeal nerve palsy
- DExternal laryngeal nerve palsy
Q8.which of the following statements is true regarding retrosternal goitres ?
- Asternal incision is always required
- BMajority of the goitres derive their blood
- CMajority of the retrosternal goitre can be removed by a neck incision✓ Correct answer
- DOperated only if patient is symptomatic
Q9.Complete resection of thyroid gland on one side while leaving less than 1 g of tissue adjacent to the ligament of berry on opposite side is termed
- AThyroid lobectomy
- BSubtotal thyroidectomy
- CNear-total thyroidectomy✓ Correct answer
- DBilateral lobectomy
Q10.A patient underwent thyroidectomy for hyperthyroidism. Two days later he was presented with features of thyroid storm. What is the most likely cause?
- APoor antibiotic coverage
- BRough handling during surgery
- CRemoval of parathyroid
- DInadequate preoperative preparation✓ Correct answer
Answer key
Q1: C. Prior neck surgery; Q2: D. Majority of the retrosternal giotres can be removed by a neck incision; Q3: C. thy 3; Q4: D. Open the layers of the wound in the ward; Q5: D. External branch of superior laryngeal nerve; Q6: C. Transcervical; Q7: A. Hypoparathyroidism; Q8: C. Majority of the retrosternal goitre can be removed by a neck incision; Q9: C. Near-total thyroidectomy; Q10: D. Inadequate preoperative preparation.
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