SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS
- 20 August 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 173 (16) , 1799-1802
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1960.03020340017004
Abstract
Subacute thyroiditis often escapes recognition, although the diagnosis is easy if the possibility is kept in mind. Of the 13 cases summarized here, only 6 were diagnosed by the first physician who saw the patient, and in 3 cases it was the fourth physician who made the diagnosis. The most important diagnostic clue was palpation of the thyroid, which would often have sufficed to distinguish between thyroiditis and pharyngitis. The disease is generally self-limited, and patients with mild cases need only aspirin. Steroid therapy is purely symptomatic. In most patients it brings about relief from pain, swelling, and fever within the first day or two. One patient had relapses on three occasions when it was discontinued or the dose lowered prematurely.Keywords
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