Subacute thyroiditis following COVID‐19 vaccination

• Published in: Clinical case reports Vol. 9; no. 10; pp. e04812 - n/a
• Main Authors: Soltanpoor, Pardis, Norouzi, Ghazal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.10.2021; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: adverse effects; Case Report; Case Reports; Conflicts of interest; Consent; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 vaccines; Fever; Infections; Influenza; Laboratories; Neck pain; Pandemics; SARS‐CoV‐2; Scintigraphy; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; side effects; subacute thyroiditis; Thyroid gland; thyroiditis; Viral infections; subacute thyroiditis; COVID‐19 vaccines; COVID‐19; SARS‐CoV‐2; adverse effects; side effects; thyroiditis
• ISSN: 2050-0904; 2050-0904
• DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.4812

Physicians should be alert about the possibility of subacute thyroiditis (SAT) being induced by COVID‐19 vaccination. SAT may present with anterior neck pain, extended fever or palpitation in recently vaccinated patients, which should not be easily dismissed as expected post‐vaccination flu‐like symptoms, thereby, facilitating in time diagnosis and treatment. Physicians should be alert about the possibility of subacute thyroiditis (SAT) being induced by COVID‐19 vaccination. SAT may present with anterior neck pain, extended fever or palpitation in recently vaccinated patients, which should not be easily dismissed as expected post‐vaccination flu‐like symptoms, thereby, facilitating in time diagnosis and treatment.