A Report of Subacute Thyroiditis As Fever of Unknown Origin
Patients with subacute or granulomatous thyroiditis usually come to the physician with fever , Anterior cervical pain and they show tenderness in palpation during phyical examination . Occasianally , clinical presentation are atypical and it is possible that it is taken as a syste...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fas |
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Hamadan University of Medical Sciences
2002-09-01
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| Series: | پزشکی بالینی ابن سینا |
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| Online Access: | http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-748-en.html |
| Summary: | Patients with subacute or granulomatous thyroiditis usually come to
the physician with fever , Anterior cervical pain and they show tenderness
in palpation during phyical examination . Occasianally , clinical
presentation are atypical and it is possible that it is taken as a systemic or
malignant diseases wrongfully.
Here , we reported a 27 years old girl with FUO that the final diagnosis
was subacute thyroiditis . The diagnosis was done through abnormal thyroid
function tests , thyroid scan, suppressed radio - iodine uptake and excellent
response to Aspirin . |
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| ISSN: | 2588-722X 2588-7238 |