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Subacute thyroiditis associated with COVID-19
Shaikh Abdul Matin Mattar1, Samuel Ji Quan Koh2, Suresh Rama Chandran3
1Department of Internal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore matin.mattar@gmail.com.
Abstract:
We report a case of a hospitalised patient with COVID-19 who developed subacute thyroiditis in association with SARS-COV-2 infection. The patient presented with tachycardia, anterior neck pain and thyroid function tests revealing hyperthyroidism together with consistent ultrasonographic evidence suggesting subacute thyroiditis. Treatment with corticosteroids resulted in rapid clinical resolution. This case illustrates that subacute thyroiditis associated with viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 should be recognised as a complication of COVID-19 and considered as a differential diagnosis when infected patients present with tachycardia without evidence of progression of COVID-19 illness.
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