Subacute thyroiditis during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective study.
Adile Begüm Bahçecioğlu MutluZ C KarahanB I AydoğanI A KalkanA AzapM F ErdoğanPublished in: Journal of endocrinological investigation (2022)
Total number of SAT cases during the pandemic period was comparable to pre-pandemic period. However, a considerable rate of SARS-CoV-2 exposure in SAT patients was established. COVID-19 presented with SAT, as the first manifestation in three cases. Vaccine-related cases developed in a shorter time period, clinical presentation was milder, and only a few required corticosteroids.