An upper respiratory infection that damages thyroid cells may cause De Quervain thyroiditis, an uncommon condition that is also called subacute granulomatous thyroiditis. It’s most common in ...

Sudden onset of pain or tenderness suggests hemorrhage into a benign adenoma or cyst, or subacute granulomatous thyroiditis, respectively. (However, hemorrhage into a cancer can also present with ...

However, thyroid disease, such as subacute granulomatous thyroiditis (De Quervain‘s thyroiditis), should also be considered. It is often preceded by a (viral) upper respiratory tract infection ...

We describe an atypical case of subacute thyroiditis affecting a 50 year ... examination of the thyroid gland showed the classic granulomas with giant cells. However, the patient had neither ...