Metabolism Quiz
Enzyme deficiency

Endemic goiter

What is missing: Dietary iodine.

Presentation
A visibly enlarged thyroid with fatigue, cold intolerance and weight gain

Why the signs follow

No iodine means no T₄, so feedback never comes and TSH rises relentlessly — and TSH is also the thyroid's growth signal, so the gland enlarges. A pituitary shouting at a factory with no raw material.

Written for exam preparation, not for diagnosis.