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ArticleJournal of Korean medical science2023

Concurrent Subacute Thyroiditis and Graves' Disease After COVID-19: A Case Report.

Eliel Nham, Eyun Song, Hakjun Hyun, Hye Seong, Jin Gu Yoon, Ji Yun Noh, Joon Young Song, Hee Jin Cheong, Woo Joo Kim

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Article in Journal of Korean medical science, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eliel Nham *Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7509-4863
Eyun Song *Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6034-0758
Hakjun HyunDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1193-8948
Hye SeongDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5633-7214
Jin Gu YoonDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3283-1880
Ji Yun NohDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8541-5704
Joon Young SongDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0148-7194
Hee Jin CheongDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2532-1463
Woo Joo KimDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. wjkim@korea.ac.kr.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4546-3880
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There are many reports of subacute thyroiditis (SAT) that occurred after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but no such case has been reported in Korea. Moreover, the simultaneous occurrence of SAT and Graves' disease (GD) is rare. Here, we describe a patient who developed SAT and GD after the second episode of COVID-19. A 27-year-old woman with no known history of thyroid disease presented with fever, upper respiratory tract symptoms, and painful neck swelling. Thyroid function tests revealed thyrotoxicosis, and thyroid ultrasound showed heterogeneous echogenicity of enlarged thyroid glands. Her initial clinical presentation was consistent with SAT after viral infection, with typical neck tenderness and spontaneous improvement of thyrotoxicosis without antithyroid drug use. However, this case had some atypical features, such as an elevated thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin level, relapse of thyrotoxicosis in short-term follow-up, and increased Tc-99m pertechnetate uptake, suggesting the coexistence of GD. About two months after methimazole (15 mg/day) was prescribed, she was lost to follow up again. We report the first case of unusual co-occurrence of SAT and GD following COVID-19.

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COVID-19Graves DiseaseThyroiditis, SubacuteThyrotoxicosisAdultFemaleFeverHumansPainCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2Thyroiditis

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PMID37158771
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