<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Subacute thyroiditis is a relatively rare thyroid disease that develops after acute viral upper respiratory tract infection and manifests with neck pain, fever and transient hyperthyroidism. The diagnosis is often delayed due to the non-specific presentation and laboratory findings. It is misdiagnosed with upper respiratory tract infections, cervical lymph-adenitis, even with acute pyelonephritis. The authors present a series of 12 patients with subacute thyroiditis and discuss the main steps in the diagnosis, differential diagnosis and treatment of this disease.</p></abstract>

Subacute thyroiditis is a relatively rare thyroid disease that develops after acute viral upper respiratory tract infection and manifests with neck pain, fever and transient hyperthyroidism. The diagnosis is often delayed due to the non-specific presentation and laboratory findings. It is misdiagnosed with upper respiratory tract infections, cervical lymph-adenitis, even with acute pyelonephritis. The authors present a series of 12 patients with subacute thyroiditis and discuss the main steps in the diagnosis, differential diagnosis and treatment of this disease.

Subacute Thyroiditis – An Underestimated Diagnosis: Description of a Case Series

University Hospital Sv. Ivan Rilski, Medical University – Sofia

Acta Medica Bulgarica

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Subacute thyroiditis is a relatively rare thyroid disease that develops after acute viral upper respiratory tract infection and manifests with neck pain, fever...

Subacute Thyroiditis – An Underestimated Diagnosis: Description of a Case Series

Publié en ligne: 21 mai 2020

Pages: 45 - 49

Reçu: 01 juin 2019

Accepté: 01 juin 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amb-2020-0007

Mots clés
subacute thyroiditis, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, treatment

© 2018 Y. Vlahov et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Subacute Thyroiditis – An Underestimated Diagnosis: Description of a Case Series

Publié en ligne: 21 mai 2020

Pages: 45 - 49

Reçu: 01 juin 2019

Accepté: 01 juin 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amb-2020-0007

Mots cléssubacute thyroiditis, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, treatment

© 2018 Y. Vlahov et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
subacute thyroiditis, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, treatment