Endocrine Abstracts

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...