Zebra Card NC-002: beauty and the thyroid

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	Thyroid nodule in a beautiful woman
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	thyroid carcinoma
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	"Young women dying of tuberculosis may have a certain ethereal, languorous beauty. This is caused by their heightened color, produced by fever, and their somewhat emaciated state." Such women are called a "Traviata Beauty," after the Verdi opera of the same name. "Traviata" means "the lost one," and in the opera refers to Violetta Valery, a young courtesan who dies of tuberculosis. Thoreau made a similar observation in his journal: "Decay and disease are often beautiful, like ... the hectic glow of consumption." [101]

	(1)	Carcinoma of the Thyroid Gland. Lindsay S. Springfield, IL: Thomas, 1960: 26-27.
	(2)	Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System. 6th ed. Sherlock S. Oxford: Blackwell 1984: 404.
	(3a)	Case Studies in Endocrinology for the House Officer. Burch WM. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1987: 159-167. Amazon.com
	(3b)	McKusick 313700 = testicular feminization.

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