Endocrinology Research and Practice
Case Report

A Difficult Decision-Hashimoto's Thyroiditis or Subacute Thyroiditis?

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Selcuk University, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Konya, Turkey

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Selcuk University Meram Scholl of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Konya, Turkey

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Selcuk University Meram School of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Konya, Turkey

Endocrinol Res Pract 2011; 15: 125-127
Read: 2220 Downloads: 616 Published: 01 December 2011

ABSTRACT

Subacute thyroiditis generally presents with pain in the thyroid region, fever, thyrotoxicosis and elevated markers of acute inflammation. On the other hand, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is most frequently diagnosed in the hypothyroid phase with positive antithyroid autoantibodies. Here, we describe the case of a patient who presented with clinical features of subacute thyroiditis but laboratory and pathological features compatible with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. The patient was finally diagnosed with painful Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. 

 

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