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#Question id: 11698


A patient has an elevated plasma thyroxine (T4) concentration, a low plasma thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) concentration, and a thyroid gland that is smaller than normal. Which of the following is the most likely explanation for these findings?

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
  1. Patient has a lesion in the anterior pituitary that prevents TSH secretion
  2. Patient is taking propylthiouracil
  3. Patient is taking thyroid extract
  4. Patient is consuming large amounts of iodine