Subacute THYROiditis Related to SARS-CoV-2 VAccine and Covid-19 (THYROVAC Study): A Multicenter Nationwide Study.
Adnan BatmanDilek Dereli YazıcıOguz DikbasKemal AğbahtEmre Sedar SaygiliIbrahim DemirciNurbanu BursaGörkem AyasCüneyd AnılMustafa CesurFatma Nur KorkmazAdile Begüm Bahçecioğlu MutluDemet ÇorapçioğluMurat Faik ErdoganHayri BostanMurat CalapkuluSema HepşenBekir UcanMustafa OzbekBagdagul Yuksel GulerCem HaymanaSüleyman Hilmi İpekçiSelami AydınHavva SezerSeçil ÖzışıkOguzhan DeyneliMahmut Faruk AlagölRefik TanakolMustafa ErogluUmmu MutluHulya HacisahinogullariAyse Kubat UzumCanan DemirGonul KoçSevde Nur FiratTulay OmmaNurcan InceSefika Burcak PolatOya TopalogluCevdet AydınBekir ÇakırCigdem Tura BahadırMehmet GuvenMehmet SözenAlev SelekZeynep CanturkBerrin ÇetinarslanMustafa AydemirIsılay TaskaldıranYusuf BozkuşÖzlem Turhan IyidirFiliz Eksi HaydardedeogluSeda Erem BasmazMehmet Cagri UnalTevfik DemirAyten OguzOzlem CelikMerve YilmazAykut CimsirSerdar KayihanZiynet Alphan UcSakin TekinÖmercan TopaloğluBasak Ozgen SaydamYasemin Aydogan UnsalOzge OzerGöknur YorulmazKader UgurSezin Dogan CakirMehmet AsikMustafa UnubolSelin GencBurak AndaçMine OkurOzlem DoganErsen KarakiliçGokcen Unal KocabasCem Onur KiracGuven Barış CansuMeliha Melin UygurZafer PekkolaySadettin ÖztürkAskin GungunesEren GürkanLezzan KeskinKenan CaglayanYasemin Emur GunayTuğçe ApaydınSelcuk Yusuf SenerAhmet Toygar KalkanDeniz Engin GokMustafa SahinPublished in: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (2023)
Since there is no difference in terms of follow-up parameters and outcomes, COVID-19- and SARS-CoV-2- vaccine related SATs can be treated and followed up like classical SATs. The recurrence was determined by the younger age and steroid therapy requirement. Steroid therapy independently predict incident hypothyroidism that may sometimes be transient in overall SATs and is also associated with lower risk of established hypothyroidism.