A Case Report of COVID-19 and Subacute Thyroiditis in Fars, Iran

Zahra Montaseri; Jalal  Karimi; Ali  Ghanbari Asad; Babak  Pezeshki; Hossein  Kargar; Yaser Mansoori

doi:10.18502/jabs.v13i2.12728

Zahra Montaseri Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran
Jalal Karimi Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran
Ali Ghanbari Asad Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran
Babak Pezeshki Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran
Hossein Kargar Student Research Committee, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran
Yaser Mansoori Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/jabs.v13i2.12728

Keywords: COVID-19, Subacute thyroiditis, Iran

Abstract

Background & Objective: COVID-19 can affect thyroid gland and causes subacute thyroiditis.

Case Presentation: We introduced a 60-year-old woman with an initial symptom of anterior cervical pain without any other constitutional symptoms. Nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs were detected positive for COVID-19 using RT-PCR assay. According to ultrasonographic, laboratory (lowered TSH, elevated CRP and ESR), and physical findings, subacute thyroiditis was found following the SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Conclusion: As subacute thyroiditis associated with SARS-Cov-2 may be represented without any fever, ruling out this infection in these patients is considerable.