ea0035p1012 | Thyroid (non-cancer) | ECE2014
Onbasi Kevser
, Hatipoglu Hasan
, Ucgun Serdar
, Hatipoglu Mujgan
Introduction: Subacute thyroiditis (SAT) is a self-limiting thyroid disease associated with a triphasic clinical course of hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, and return to normal thyroid function. The well-known clinical features of SAT include thyroid pain with symptoms of hyperthyroidism, suppressed level of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), low thyroid uptake of radioactive iodine, and elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Diagnosis is based on clinical and laboratory dat...