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{{De Quervain's thyroiditis }}
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{{CMG}} {{AE}} {{MMF}}
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==Overview==
==Overview==
[[De Quervain's thyroiditis]] must be differentiated from other causes of [[thyroiditis]], such as [[Hashimoto's thyroiditis]], [[Riedel's thyroiditis]], and suppurative thyroiditis.
De Quervain's thyroiditis must be differentiated from other causes of [[thyroiditis]], such as [[Hashimoto's thyroiditis]], [[Riedel's thyroiditis]], and [[suppurative]] thyroiditis. De Quervain's thyroiditis must be differentiated from other causes of [[thyroiditis]], such as [[De Quervain's thyroiditis]], [[Riedel's thyroiditis]], and suppurative thyroiditis. De Quervain's thyroiditis must also be differentiated from other diseases which cause [[hypothyroidism]]. As de Quervain's thyroiditis may cause transient thyrotoxic symptoms, the diseases causing [[thyrotoxicosis]] must also be considered in the differential diagnosis.
 
==Differentiating De Quervain's thyroiditis from other diseases==
==Differentiating De Quervain's thyroiditis from other diseases==
*[[De Quervain's thyroiditis]] must be differentiated from other causes of [[thyroiditis]], such as [[Hashimoto's thyroiditis]], [[Riedel's thyroiditis]], and suppurative thyroiditis.<ref name="urlThyroiditis — NEJM">{{cite web |url=http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra021194 |title=Thyroiditis — NEJM |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref>
*[[De Quervain's thyroiditis]] must be differentiated from other causes of [[thyroiditis]], such as [[Hashimoto's thyroiditis]], [[Riedel's thyroiditis]], and suppurative [[thyroiditis]].<ref name="urlThyroiditis — NEJM">{{cite web |url=http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra021194 |title=Thyroiditis — NEJM |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref>
 
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! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |Causes
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |Causes
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |Age at onset
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! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |Pathological findings
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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[De Quervain's thyroiditis|Painful subacute (De Quervain's) thyroiditis]]
| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[De Quervain's thyroiditis|Painful subacute (De Quervain's) thyroiditis]]
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*20-60
*20-60
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*Giant cells
*[[Giant cells]]
*Granulomas
*[[Granulomas]]
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*[[Thyroid function tests|Increased TSH]] (hypothyroidism) and/or
*[[Thyroid function tests|Increased TSH]] ([[hypothyroidism]]) and/or
* [[Thyroid function tests|Decreased TSH]] (Thyrotoxicosis)
* [[Thyroid function tests|Decreased TSH]] ([[Hyperthyroidism|Thyrotoxicosis]])
*[[Thyroid peroxidase|TPO antibodies]] absent or very low titer
*[[Thyroid peroxidase|TPO antibodies]] absent or very low titer
*[[I-123 thyroid imaging|I-123]] uptake decreased
*[[I-123 thyroid imaging|I-123]] uptake decreased
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*All ages, peak at 30-50
*All ages, peak at 30-50
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*Lymphocytic infiltration
*[[Lymphocytic]] infiltration
*Germinal centers
*[[Germinal centers]]
*Fibrosis (in some variants)
*[[Fibrosis]] (in some variants)
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*[[Thyroid function tests|Increased TSH]] ([[hypothyroidism]])
*[[Thyroid peroxidase|TPO antibodies]] present in high titer
*[[I-123 thyroid imaging|I-123]] uptake usually decreased
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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Silent thyroiditis]]
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*Autoimmune
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*All ages, peak at 30-40
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*[[Lymphocytic]] infiltration
*Lymphoid follicles
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*[[Thyroid function tests|Increased TSH]] ([[hypothyroidism]]) and/or
* [[Thyroid function tests|Decreased TSH]] (transient [[hypothyroidism]])
*[[Thyroid peroxidase|TPO antibodies]] present in high titer
*[[I-123 thyroid imaging|I-123]] uptake usually decreased
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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Postpartum thyroiditis]]
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*Autoimmune
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*[[Thyroid function tests|Increased TSH]] (hypothyroidism)
*Childbearing age
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*[[Lymphocyte|Lymphocytic]] infiltration
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*[[Thyroid function tests|Increased TSH]] ([[hypothyroidism]]) and/or
* [[Thyroid function tests|Decreased TSH]] (transient [[hypothyroidism]])
*[[Thyroid peroxidase|TPO antibodies]] present in high titer
*[[Thyroid peroxidase|TPO antibodies]] present in high titer
*[[I-123 thyroid imaging|I-123]] uptake usually decreased
*[[I-123 thyroid imaging|I-123]] uptake usually decreased
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*30-60
*30-60
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*Dense fibrosis
*Dense [[fibrosis]]
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*[[Thyroid function tests|Normal TSH]] (euthyroidism)
*[[Thyroid function tests|Normal TSH]] (euthyroidism)
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*[[I-123 thyroid imaging|I-123]] uptake decreased or normal  
*[[I-123 thyroid imaging|I-123]] uptake decreased or normal  
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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Suppurative thyroiditis]]
| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |Suppurative [[thyroiditis]] (Infectious Thyroiditis)
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*Infection
*Infection
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*Children, 20-40
*Children, 20-40
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*Abscess formation
*[[Abscess]] formation
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*[[Thyroid function tests|Normal TSH]] (euthyroidism)
*[[Thyroid function tests|Normal TSH]] (euthyroidism)
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*De Quervain's thyroiditis must be differentiated from other causes of [[hypothyroidism]] on the basis of history and symptoms and laboratory findings:<ref name="pmid16734054">{{cite journal |vauthors=Bindra A, Braunstein GD |title=Thyroiditis |journal=Am Fam Physician |volume=73 |issue=10 |pages=1769–76 |year=2006 |pmid=16734054 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid19949140">{{cite journal |vauthors=McDermott MT |title=In the clinic. Hypothyroidism |journal=Ann. Intern. Med. |volume=151 |issue=11 |pages=ITC61 |year=2009 |pmid=19949140 |doi=10.7326/0003-4819-151-11-200912010-01006 |url=}}</ref><ref name="urlThyroiditis — NEJM">{{cite web |url=http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra021194 |title=Thyroiditis — NEJM |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="pmid18177256">{{cite journal |vauthors=Aoki Y, Belin RM, Clickner R, Jeffries R, Phillips L, Mahaffey KR |title=Serum TSH and total T4 in the United States population and their association with participant characteristics: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES 1999-2002) |journal=Thyroid |volume=17 |issue=12 |pages=1211–23 |year=2007 |pmid=18177256 |doi=10.1089/thy.2006.0235 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid18415684">{{cite journal |vauthors=Lania A, Persani L, Beck-Peccoz P |title=Central hypothyroidism |journal=Pituitary |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=181–6 |year=2008 |pmid=18415684 |doi=10.1007/s11102-008-0122-6 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid25905413">{{cite journal |vauthors=De Groot LJ, Chrousos G, Dungan K, Feingold KR, Grossman A, Hershman JM, Koch C, Korbonits M, McLachlan R, New M, Purnell J, Rebar R, Singer F, Vinik A, Stockigt J |title=Clinical Strategies in the Testing of Thyroid Function |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |year= |pmid=25905413 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
 
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |Disease
! colspan="2" align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |History and symptoms
! colspan="7" align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |Laboratory findings
! rowspan="2" align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |Additional findings
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! align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |<small> Fever
! align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |<small> Pain
! align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |<small> TSH
! align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |<small> Free T4
! align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |<small> T3
! align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |<small> T3RU<small>†
! align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |<small> Thyroglobin
! align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |<small> TRH
! align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |<small> TPOAb^
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| rowspan="3" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Hypothyroidism|Transient hypothyroidism]]
| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[De Quervain's thyroiditis|Subacute (de Quervain's) thyroiditis]]
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +/-
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +/-
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |'''↑/'''↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓/'''↑'''
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Low/absent
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*May present primarily with [[hyperthyroidism]]
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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Postpartum thyroiditis]]
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +/-
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +/-
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |'''↑/'''↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓/'''↑'''
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Present (high titer)
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*May present primarily with [[hyperthyroidism]]
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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Silent thyroiditis]]
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |'''↑/'''↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓/'''↑'''
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Present (high titer)
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*May present primarily with [[hyperthyroidism]]
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| rowspan="3" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Primary hypothyroidism]]
| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Hashimoto's thyroiditis|Autoimmune]] ([[Hashimoto's thyroiditis]])
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |'''↑'''<small>*
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |'''''↓'''''
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/'''''↓'''''
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/'''↑'''
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Present (high titer)
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* May be accompanied by other [[autoimmune diseases]]
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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Riedel's thyroiditis]]
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Usually present
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*[[Riedel's thyroiditis]] usually presents with hard and fixed thyroid mass
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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Suppurative thyroiditis]] (Infectious Thyroiditis)
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Absent
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*[[Thyroiditis|Infectious thyroiditis]] associated with [[neck pain]]
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| rowspan="7" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |Others
| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |Drug-induced
| rowspan="5" align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| rowspan="5" align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| rowspan="5" align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |'''↑'''/↓
| rowspan="5" align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |'''''↓'''''/↑
| rowspan="5" align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| rowspan="5" align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓
| rowspan="5" align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/'''↑'''
| rowspan="5" align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| rowspan="5" align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Absent**
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* History of [[hyperthyroidism]]
* History of trauma
*History of drug use, surgery, or radiation
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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Radiation therapy|Radiation]]-induced
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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |Trauma induced
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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |Radioiodine induced
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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Thyroidectomy]]
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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |Subclinical [[hypothyroidism]]
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |'''↑'''
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/'''↑'''
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* Asymptomatic
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<br style="clear:left" />''(†)T3RU; Triiodothyronine Resin uptake. (^)[[TPO]]Ab; [[Thyroid peroxidase]] antibodies. (*)[[TSH]] may be decreased transiently in the [[thyrotoxicosis]]. (**)[[TPO]]Ab may be present in drug-induced [[Hypothyroidism|hypo]]/[[hyperthyroidism]] such as [[Interferon-alpha]], [[Interleukin 2|interleukin-2]], and [[lithium]].''


===Differentiating de Quervain's thyroiditis from other causes of thyrotoxicosis===
*De Quervain's thyroiditis can initially present with [[thyrotoxicosis]] which must be differentiated from other causes of [[thyrotoxicosis]].<ref name="pmid16734054">{{cite journal |vauthors=Bindra A, Braunstein GD |title=Thyroiditis |journal=Am Fam Physician |volume=73 |issue=10 |pages=1769–76 |year=2006 |pmid=16734054 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid19949140">{{cite journal |vauthors=McDermott MT |title=In the clinic. Hypothyroidism |journal=Ann. Intern. Med. |volume=151 |issue=11 |pages=ITC61 |year=2009 |pmid=19949140 |doi=10.7326/0003-4819-151-11-200912010-01006 |url=}}</ref><ref name="urlThyroiditis — NEJM">{{cite web |url=http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra021194 |title=Thyroiditis — NEJM |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="pmid18177256">{{cite journal |vauthors=Aoki Y, Belin RM, Clickner R, Jeffries R, Phillips L, Mahaffey KR |title=Serum TSH and total T4 in the United States population and their association with participant characteristics: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES 1999-2002) |journal=Thyroid |volume=17 |issue=12 |pages=1211–23 |year=2007 |pmid=18177256 |doi=10.1089/thy.2006.0235 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid18415684">{{cite journal |vauthors=Lania A, Persani L, Beck-Peccoz P |title=Central hypothyroidism |journal=Pituitary |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=181–6 |year=2008 |pmid=18415684 |doi=10.1007/s11102-008-0122-6 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid25905413">{{cite journal |vauthors=De Groot LJ, Chrousos G, Dungan K, Feingold KR, Grossman A, Hershman JM, Koch C, Korbonits M, McLachlan R, New M, Purnell J, Rebar R, Singer F, Vinik A, Stockigt J |title=Clinical Strategies in the Testing of Thyroid Function |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |year= |pmid=25905413 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="urlClinical Finding and Thyroid Function in Women with Struma Ovarii">{{cite web |url=https://www.hindawi.com/archive/2013/717584/ |title=Clinical Finding and Thyroid Function in Women with Struma Ovarii |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="pmid25146390">{{cite journal |vauthors=Vaidya B, Pearce SH |title=Diagnosis and management of thyrotoxicosis |journal=BMJ |volume=349 |issue= |pages=g5128 |year=2014 |pmid=25146390 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="urlThink thyrotoxicosis factitia - measure thyroglobulin | The BMJ">{{cite web |url=http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g5128/rr/763450 |title=Think thyrotoxicosis factitia - measure thyroglobulin &#124; The BMJ |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" align="center" style="border: 0px; margin: 3px;"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |Disease
! colspan="2" align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |History and symptoms
! colspan="8" align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |Laboratory findings
! rowspan="2" align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |Additional findings
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! align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |<small> Fever
! align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |<small> Pain
! align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |<small> TSH
! align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |<small> Free T4
! align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |<small> T3
! align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |<small> T3RU<small>†
! align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |<small> Thyroglobin
! align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |<small> TRH
! align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |<small> TSH Receptor Antibody
! align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |<small> TPOAb^
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| rowspan="4" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Thyroiditis]]
| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[De Quervain's thyroiditis|Subacute (de Quervain's) thyroiditis]]
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +/-
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +/-
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |'''↑/'''↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓/'''↑'''
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Absent
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Low/absent
| align="left" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |
*May present with [[hypothyroidism]]
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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Hashimoto's thyroiditis]] (Hashitoxicosis)
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |'''↑'''<small>*
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |'''''↓'''''
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/'''''↓'''''
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/'''↑'''
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Absent
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Present (high titer)
| align="left" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |
* May be accompanied by other [[autoimmune diseases]]
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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Postpartum thyroiditis]]
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +/-
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +/-
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |'''↑/'''↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓/'''↑'''
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Absent
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Present (high titer)
| align="left" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |
*May present with [[hypothyroidism]]
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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Silent thyroiditis]]
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |'''↑/'''↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓/'''↑'''
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Absent
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Present (high titer)
| align="left" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |
*May present with [[hypothyroidism]]
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| rowspan="2" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[hyperthyroidism|Primary hyperthyroidism]]
| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Grave's disease]]
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/'''''↑'''''
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Present
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Absent
| align="left" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |
* Patient may have opthalmopathy and dermopathy
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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Toxic thyroid nodule]]
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑(hot nodule)
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/'''↑'''
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Absent
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Absent
| align="left" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |
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| rowspan="1" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Hyperthyroidism|Secondary hyperthyroidism]]
| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Pituitary adenoma]]
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/'''↑'''
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Absent
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Absent
| align="left" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |
*Inappropriately normal or increased TSH
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| rowspan="1" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Tertiary hyperthyroidism]]
| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Hyperthyroidism|Tertiary hyperthyroidism]]
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |-
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |-
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/'''↑'''
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Absent
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Absent
| align="left" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |
*Inappropriately normal or increased TSH
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| rowspan="2" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |Drug induced
| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Amiodarone| Amiodarone type 1]]
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/'''↑'''
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Absent
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Absent
| align="left" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |
*High urinary iodine
|-
| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Amiodarone|Amiodarone type 2]]
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Absent/↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/'''↑'''
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Absent
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Absent
| align="left" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |
*High urinary [[iodine]]
|-
| rowspan="3" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |Others
| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Factitious thyrotoxicosis]]
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Absent
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Absent
| align="left" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |
*Decreased [[thyroglobulin]]
|-
| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Trophoblastic disease]]
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |-
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Absent
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Absent
| align="left" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |
-
|-
| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Struma ovarii]]
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | -
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/↑
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |-
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Absent
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Absent
| align="left" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |
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|-
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<small>''(†)[[T3]]RU; Triiodothyronine Resin uptake. (^)[[TPO]]Ab; [[Thyroid peroxidase]] antibodies.''</small>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 21:14, 29 July 2020

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Furqan M M. M.B.B.S[2]

Overview

De Quervain's thyroiditis must be differentiated from other causes of thyroiditis, such as Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Riedel's thyroiditis, and suppurative thyroiditis. De Quervain's thyroiditis must be differentiated from other causes of thyroiditis, such as De Quervain's thyroiditis, Riedel's thyroiditis, and suppurative thyroiditis. De Quervain's thyroiditis must also be differentiated from other diseases which cause hypothyroidism. As de Quervain's thyroiditis may cause transient thyrotoxic symptoms, the diseases causing thyrotoxicosis must also be considered in the differential diagnosis.

Differentiating De Quervain's thyroiditis from other diseases

Conditions Causes Age at onset Pathological findings Diagnostic approach
Painful subacute (De Quervain's) thyroiditis
  • Unknown
  • 20-60
Hashimoto's thyroiditis
  • Autoimmune
  • All ages, peak at 30-50
Silent thyroiditis
  • Autoimmune
  • All ages, peak at 30-40
Postpartum thyroiditis
  • Autoimmune
  • Childbearing age
Riedel's thyroiditis
  • Unknown
  • 30-60
Suppurative thyroiditis (Infectious Thyroiditis)
  • Infection
  • Children, 20-40
  • De Quervain's thyroiditis must be differentiated from other causes of hypothyroidism on the basis of history and symptoms and laboratory findings:[2][3][1][4][5][6]
Disease History and symptoms Laboratory findings Additional findings
Fever Pain TSH Free T4 T3 T3RU Thyroglobin TRH TPOAb^
Transient hypothyroidism Subacute (de Quervain's) thyroiditis +/- +/- ↑/ ↓/ Normal Normal Low/absent
Postpartum thyroiditis +/- +/- ↑/ ↓/ Normal Normal/↑ Present (high titer)
Silent thyroiditis - - ↑/ ↓/ Normal Normal Present (high titer)
Primary hypothyroidism Autoimmune (Hashimoto's thyroiditis) - - * Normal/ Normal/↓ Normal/ Normal Present (high titer)
Riedel's thyroiditis - - Normal/↑ Normal/↓ Normal/↓ Normal/↓ Normal Normal Usually present
Suppurative thyroiditis (Infectious Thyroiditis) + + Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal Absent
Others Drug-induced - - /↓ /↑ Normal Normal/ Normal Absent**
  • History of hyperthyroidism
  • History of trauma
  • History of drug use, surgery, or radiation
Radiation-induced
Trauma induced
Radioiodine induced
Thyroidectomy
Subclinical hypothyroidism - - Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal/
  • Asymptomatic


(†)T3RU; Triiodothyronine Resin uptake. (^)TPOAb; Thyroid peroxidase antibodies. (*)TSH may be decreased transiently in the thyrotoxicosis. (**)TPOAb may be present in drug-induced hypo/hyperthyroidism such as Interferon-alpha, interleukin-2, and lithium.

Differentiating de Quervain's thyroiditis from other causes of thyrotoxicosis

Disease History and symptoms Laboratory findings Additional findings
Fever Pain TSH Free T4 T3 T3RU Thyroglobin TRH TSH Receptor Antibody TPOAb^
Thyroiditis Subacute (de Quervain's) thyroiditis +/- +/- ↑/ ↓/ Normal Normal Absent Low/absent
Hashimoto's thyroiditis (Hashitoxicosis) - - * Normal/ Normal/↓ Normal/ Normal Absent Present (high titer)
Postpartum thyroiditis +/- +/- ↑/ ↓/ Normal Normal/↑ Absent Present (high titer)
Silent thyroiditis - - ↑/ ↓/ Normal Normal Absent Present (high titer)
Primary hyperthyroidism Grave's disease - - Normal/ Normal Present Absent
  • Patient may have opthalmopathy and dermopathy
Toxic thyroid nodule - - Normal/↑ ↑(hot nodule) Normal/ Normal Absent Absent

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Secondary hyperthyroidism Pituitary adenoma - - Normal/↑ Normal/ Normal Absent Absent
  • Inappropriately normal or increased TSH
Tertiary hyperthyroidism Tertiary hyperthyroidism - - Normal/ Absent Absent
  • Inappropriately normal or increased TSH
Drug induced Amiodarone type 1 - - Normal/↑ Normal/ Normal Absent Absent
  • High urinary iodine
Amiodarone type 2 - - Normal/↑ Absent/↓ Normal/ Normal Absent Absent
Others Factitious thyrotoxicosis - - Normal/↑ Normal Absent Absent
Trophoblastic disease - - Normal/↑ - Normal Absent Absent

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Struma ovarii - - Normal/↑ - Normal Absent Absent

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(†)T3RU; Triiodothyronine Resin uptake. (^)TPOAb; Thyroid peroxidase antibodies.

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