A 33-year-old man with COVID-19 presented with subacute thyroiditis: A rare case report and literature review

L. Davoodi; Z. Oladi; H. Jafarpour; Z. Zakariaei; E. Soleymani; A. Razavi

New Microbes and New Infections (May 2021)

A 33-year-old man with COVID-19 presented with subacute thyroiditis: A rare case report and literature review

L. Davoodi,
Z. Oladi,
H. Jafarpour,
Z. Zakariaei,
E. Soleymani,
A. Razavi

Affiliations

L. Davoodi: Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Antimicrobial Resistance Research Centre, Communicable Diseases Research Institutes, Ghaem Shahr Razi Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
Z. Oladi: Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Ghaem Shahr Razi Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
H. Jafarpour: Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
Z. Zakariaei: Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Orthopedic Research Centre, Ghaem Shahr Razi Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
E. Soleymani: Student Research Committee, Hamadan University of Medical Science, Hamadan, Iran
A. Razavi: Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran; Corresponding author: A. Razavi, Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 41
p. 100871

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We report the first case of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presenting with subacute thyroiditis in Ghaemshar, Mazandaran Province, Iran. In our patient, with the initiation of corticosteroid therapy, the symptoms of subacute thyroiditis gradually disappeared with a slow increase in thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and the gradual elimination of thyrotoxicosis. This case shows that decreased TSH and persistent thyrotoxicosis may make the patient's condition worse. Managing this complication can take several weeks and can be complicated.

Published in New Microbes and New Infections

ISSN: 2052-2975 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/new-microbes-and-new-infections

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