| Autor: |
Kenya Ie, Kosuke Ishizuka, Tsubasa Sakai, Iori Motohashi, Shiko Asai, Chiaki Okuse |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2284-2594 |
| DOI: |
10.12890/2022_003735 |
| Popis: |
A 32-year-old woman presented to the outpatient clinic with persistent fever, anterior neck pain, and palpitations over the past week which developed 2 days after she had received the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine. On examination, the patient’s heart rate was 140 beats per minute and the thyroid gland was tender on palpation. Laboratory studies showed a low serum TSH level with elevated free thyroxine. Thyroid ultrasound revealed low-echoic lesions compatible with the site of tenderness. The patient was diagnosed with subacute thyroiditis and treatment was initiated with acetaminophen and propranolol, which resulted in symptom resolution within 2 weeks. Clinicians should be aware that subacute thyroiditis may occur within a few days following COVID-19 vaccination, especially in patients with anterior cervical pain with no significant abnormal pharyngeal findings and/or severe palpitations, because differentiating them from early non-specific adverse reactions can be challenging. |
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