<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

Published Online: May 21, 2020

Page range: 45 - 49

Received: Jun 01, 2019

Accepted: Jun 01, 2019

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

Keywords
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

Published Online: May 21, 2020

Page range: 45 - 49

Received: Jun 01, 2019

Accepted: Jun 01, 2019

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

Keywordssubacute 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.

Keywords
subacute thyroiditis, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, treatment