Subacute thyroiditis after SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Vasiliy I SemikovDavit L AghayanAlexander M ShulutkoTatyana V KhorobrykhYuriy K AleksandrovGaukhar T MansurovaAirazat M Kazaryan

Published in: Clinical case reports (2021)

Viral infections are considered as etiologic factors of subacute thyroiditis. The true incidence of subacute thyroiditis, caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection, is probably considerable since it is often masked by more dramatic affection of the respiratory system. This report presents two female patients who developed de Quervain's thyroiditis after COVID-19 disease.

Keyphrases

sars cov
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
coronavirus disease
risk factors