• Am. J. Med. Sci. · Sep 2021

    Review Case Reports

    COVID-19: A Potential Trigger for Thyroid Dysfunction.

    • Sohaib Ashraf, Muhammad Ahmad Imran, Shoaib Ashraf, Hadiqa-Tul Hafsa, Saffa Khalid, Muhammad Kiwan Akram, Muhammad Ghufran, Kamran Khalid Cheema, Ali Ahmad, and Mateen Izhar.
    • Department of Cardiology, Shaikh Zayed Post-Graduate Medical Complex, Lahore, Pakistan; Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States. Electronic address: sohaib@skzmdc.edu.pk.
    • Am. J. Med. Sci. 2021 Sep 1; 362 (3): 303307303-307.

    AbstractSubacute thyroiditis (SAT) is a self-limiting thyroid dysfunction of viral origin. Relatively little is known about its occurrence in SARS CoV-2 infected COVID-19 patients. Herein, we report a case of SAT in a 58-year-old patient that was apparently triggered by infection with SARS CoV-2. Clinical, laboratory and imaging features of the patient are presented. The patient was vitally stable with a slightly tender and warm thyroid gland, which was painful on swallowing. His free thyroxine (FT4) was elevated, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) was below normal and free triiodothyronine (FT3) was in the physiological range. Previous thyroid exam conducted as a part of routine annual physical checkup was normal. The patient was put on prednisolone and recovered completely within three weeks.Copyright © 2021 Southern Society for Clinical Investigation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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