Painless Subacute Thyroiditis in a Patient With Acute COVID-19 Infection: A Transient Event

Coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Although several articles have described the non-respiratory effects of COVID-19 in the past two years, there are few reports of COVID-19 associated with thyro...

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Published in:Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) CA), 2022-07, Vol.14 (7)
Main Authors: Dolkar, Tsering, Jitidhar, FNU, Patel, Meet J, Hamad, Abubaker M, Salauddin, Ferdous, Shiferaw-Deribe, Zewge, Dogar, Muhammad H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Cardiac arrhythmia
Case reports
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Electrocardiography
Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
Heart rate
Hyperthyroidism
Hypothyroidism
Infections
Internal Medicine
Medical Education
Pain
Patients
Pneumonia
Pulmonary arteries
Respiratory diseases
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Thyroid gland
Viral infections
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Summary:Coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Although several articles have described the non-respiratory effects of COVID-19 in the past two years, there are few reports of COVID-19 associated with thyroiditis. We present a case of a middle-aged female patient with positive COVID-19 PCR associated with acute pulmonary embolism and thyroiditis. Three months ago, her baseline thyroid profile was normal. Thyroiditis induced elevated free thyroxine (FT4) and decreased thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels resolved with conservative management within six days.
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.26924