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Cureus
. 2022 Jul 16;14(7):e26924.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.26924. eCollection 2022 Jul.
Painless Subacute Thyroiditis in a Patient With Acute COVID-19 Infection: A Transient Event
Tsering Dolkar[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Fnu Jitidhar[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Meet J Patel[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Abubaker M Hamad[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ferdous Salauddin[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Zewge Shiferaw-Deribe[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Muhammad H Dogar[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
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Abstract
Coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Although several articles have described the non-respiratory effects of COVID-19 in the past two years, there are few reports of COVID-19 associated with thyroiditis. We present a case of a middle-aged female patient with positive COVID-19 PCR associated with acute pulmonary embolism and thyroiditis. Three months ago, her baseline thyroid profile was normal. Thyroiditis induced elevated free thyroxine (FT4) and decreased thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels resolved with conservative management within six days.
Keywords: covid-19; low tsh; subacute painless thyroiditis; tachycardia; thyroid antibodies.
. 2022 Jul 16;14(7):e26924.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.26924. eCollection 2022 Jul.
Painless Subacute Thyroiditis in a Patient With Acute COVID-19 Infection: A Transient Event
Tsering Dolkar[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Fnu Jitidhar[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Meet J Patel[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Abubaker M Hamad[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ferdous Salauddin[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Zewge Shiferaw-Deribe[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Muhammad H Dogar[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35983391
- PMCID: PMC9377795
- DOI: 10.7759/cureus.26924
Abstract
Coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Although several articles have described the non-respiratory effects of COVID-19 in the past two years, there are few reports of COVID-19 associated with thyroiditis. We present a case of a middle-aged female patient with positive COVID-19 PCR associated with acute pulmonary embolism and thyroiditis. Three months ago, her baseline thyroid profile was normal. Thyroiditis induced elevated free thyroxine (FT4) and decreased thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels resolved with conservative management within six days.
Keywords: covid-19; low tsh; subacute painless thyroiditis; tachycardia; thyroid antibodies.