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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[Silent thyroiditis]] must be differentiated from other causes of [[thyroiditis]], such as [[De Quervain's thyroiditis]], [[Hashimoto's thyroiditis]], [[Riedel's thyroiditis]], and suppurative thyroiditis. | [[Silent thyroiditis]] must be differentiated from other causes of [[thyroiditis]], such as [[De Quervain's thyroiditis]], [[Hashimoto's thyroiditis]], [[Riedel's thyroiditis]], and suppurative thyroiditis. Silent thyroiditis must also be differentiated from other diseases which cause [[hypothyroidism]]. As silent thyroiditis may cause transient [[Thyrotoxicosis|thyrotoxic]] symptoms, the diseases causing [[thyrotoxicosis]] must also be considered in the differential diagnosis. | ||
==Differentiating Silent Thyroiditis from other Diseases== | ==Differentiating Silent Thyroiditis from other Diseases== | ||
===Differentiating silent thyroiditis from other causes of thyroiditis=== | |||
*Silent thyroiditis must be differentiated from other causes of [[thyroiditis]], such as [[De Quervain's thyroiditis]], [[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> | *Silent thyroiditis must be differentiated from other causes of [[thyroiditis]], such as [[De Quervain's thyroiditis]], [[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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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Silent thyroiditis]] | | align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Silent thyroiditis]] | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" | | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" | | ||
*Autoimmune | *[[Autoimmune]] | ||
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*All ages, peak at 30-40 | *All ages, peak at 30-40 | ||
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*Lymphoid follicles | *Lymphoid follicles | ||
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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]] (transient hypothyroidism) | * [[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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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Hashimoto's thyroiditis]] | | align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Hashimoto's thyroiditis]] | ||
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*Autoimmune | *[[Autoimmune]] | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" | | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" | | ||
*All ages, peak at 30-50 | *All ages, peak at 30-50 | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" | | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" | | ||
*Lymphocytic infiltration | *Lymphocytic infiltration | ||
*Germinal centers | *[[Germinal center|Germinal centers]] | ||
*Fibrosis (in some variants) | *[[Fibrosis]] (in some variants) | ||
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*[[Thyroid function tests|Increased TSH]] (hypothyroidism) | *[[Thyroid function tests|Increased TSH]] ([[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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*Giant cells | *Giant cells | ||
*Granulomas | *[[Granuloma|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]] ([[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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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Postpartum thyroiditis]] | | align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Postpartum thyroiditis]] | ||
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*Autoimmune | *[[Autoimmune]] | ||
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*Childbearing age | *Childbearing age | ||
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*Lymphocytic infiltration | *Lymphocytic infiltration | ||
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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]] (transient hypothyroidism) | * [[Thyroid function tests|Decreased TSH]] (transient hypothyroidism) | ||
*[[Thyroid peroxidase|TPO antibodies]] present in high titer | *[[Thyroid peroxidase|TPO antibodies]] present in high titer | ||
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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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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Suppurative thyroiditis]] | | align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Suppurative 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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===Differentiating silent thyroiditis from other causes of hypothyroidism=== | |||
*Silent 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> | *Silent 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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| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Usually present | | 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. | *[[Riedel's thyroiditis]] usually presents with hard and fixed [[thyroid]] mass. | ||
|- | |- | ||
| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Infectious thyroiditis]] | | align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Infectious thyroiditis]] | ||
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* History of [[hyperthyroidism]] | * History of [[hyperthyroidism]] | ||
* History of trauma | * History of [[trauma]] | ||
*History of drug use, surgery, or radiation | *History of drug use, [[surgery]], or [[radiation]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |Radiation-induced | | align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |Radiation-induced | ||
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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |Radioiodine induced | | align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |Radioiodine induced | ||
|- | |- | ||
| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |Thyroidectomy | | align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Thyroidectomy]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |Subclinical hypothyroidism | | align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |Subclinical hypothyroidism | ||
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|} | |} | ||
===Differentiating silent thyroiditis from other causes of thyrotoxicosis=== | |||
*Silent 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 | 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=" | ! colspan="8" align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |Laboratory findings | ||
! colspan=" | ! rowspan="2" align="center" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; " |Additional findings | ||
! colspan=" | |||
! | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | ! 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^ | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | rowspan="4" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Thyroiditis]] | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Silent thyroiditis]] | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | - | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | - | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |'''↑/'''↓ | ||
| 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]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Hashimoto's thyroiditis]] (Hashitoxicosis) | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | - | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | - | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |'''↑'''<small>* | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |'''''↓''''' | ||
| 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;" |[[De Quervain's thyroiditis|Subacute (de Quervain's) thyroiditis]] | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +/- | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +/- | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |'''↑/'''↓ | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓/'''↑''' | ||
| 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;" |[[Postpartum thyroiditis]] | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +/- | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +/- | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |'''↑/'''↓ | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓/'''↑''' | ||
| 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) | |||
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*May present with [[hypothyroidism]] | |||
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| | | rowspan="2" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[hyperthyroidism|Primary hyperthyroidism]] | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Grave's disease]] | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | - | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | - | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓ | ||
| 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 | |||
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* Patient may have [[Grave's opthalmopathy|opthalmopathy]] and [[dermopathy]] | |||
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| | | align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Toxic thyroid nodule]] | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | - | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | Normal | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | - | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | Absent | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓ | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑ | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Normal/↑ | ||
| align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑(hot [[Thyroid nodule|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]] | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Pituitary adenoma]] | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | - | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | Normal/ | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | - | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑ | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | Inappropriately normal or | | 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;" |[[Hyperthyroidism|Tertiary hyperthyroidism]] | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Hyperthyroidism|Tertiary hyperthyroidism]] | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | - | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | Normal/ | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | - | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑ | ||
| 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 | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Amiodarone| Amiodarone type 1]] | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | - | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | - | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓ | ||
| 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]] | |||
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| | | align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Amiodarone|Amiodarone type 2]] | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | - | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | - | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | - | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↓ | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | align="center" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |↑ | ||
| 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]] | |||
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| | | rowspan="3" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |Others | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: # | | align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Thyrotoxicosis factitia|Factitious thyrotoxicosis]] | ||
| 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;" |↓ | |||
| 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]] | |||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: # | | align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Trophoblastic disease]] | ||
| 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;" | - | |||
| 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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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: # | | align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Struma ovarii]] | ||
| 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;" | - | |||
| 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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<small>''(†)T3RU; Triiodothyronine Resin uptake. (^)TPOAb; [[Thyroid peroxidase]] antibodies.''</small> | |||
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Overview
Silent thyroiditis must be differentiated from other causes of thyroiditis, such as De Quervain's thyroiditis, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Riedel's thyroiditis, and suppurative thyroiditis. Silent thyroiditis must also be differentiated from other diseases which cause hypothyroidism. As silent thyroiditis may cause transient thyrotoxic symptoms, the diseases causing thyrotoxicosis must also be considered in the differential diagnosis.
Differentiating Silent Thyroiditis from other Diseases
Differentiating silent thyroiditis from other causes of thyroiditis
- Silent thyroiditis must be differentiated from other causes of thyroiditis, such as De Quervain's thyroiditis, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Riedel's thyroiditis, and suppurative thyroiditis.[1]
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Differentiating silent thyroiditis from other causes of hypothyroidism
- Silent 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 | ||||||||
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Fever | Pain | TSH | Free T4 | T3 | T3RU† | Thyroglobin | TRH | TPOAb^ | |||
Transient hypothyroidism | Silent thyroiditis | - | - | ↑/↓ | ↓/↑ | Normal | ↓ | ↑ | Normal | Present (high titer) |
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Postpartum thyroiditis | +/- | +/- | ↑/↓ | ↓/↑ | Normal | ↓ | ↑ | Normal/↑ | Present (high titer) |
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Subacute (de Quervain's) thyroiditis | +/- | +/- | ↑/↓ | ↓/↑ | Normal | ↓ | ↑ | Normal | Low/absent |
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Primary hypothyroidism | Autoimmune (Hashimoto's thyroiditis) | - | - | ↑* | ↓ | Normal/↓ | Normal/↓ | Normal/↑ | Normal | Present (high titer) |
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Riedel's thyroiditis | - | - | Normal/↑ | Normal/↓ | Normal/↓ | Normal/↓ | Normal | Normal | Usually present |
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Infectious thyroiditis | + | + | Normal | Normal | Normal | Normal | Normal | Normal | Absent |
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Others | Drug-induced | - | - | ↑/↓ | ↓/↑ | Normal | ↓ | Normal/↑ | Normal | Absent** |
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Radiation-induced | |||||||||||
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Subclinical hypothyroidism | - | - | ↑ | Normal | Normal | Normal | Normal | Normal | Normal/↑ |
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Differentiating silent thyroiditis from other causes of thyrotoxicosis
- Silent thyroiditis can initially present with thyrotoxicosis which must be differentiated from other causes of thyrotoxicosis.[2][3][1][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Disease | History and symptoms | Laboratory findings | Additional findings | |||||||||
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Fever | Pain | TSH | Free T4 | T3 | T3RU† | Thyroglobin | TRH | TSH Receptor Antibody | TPOAb^ | |||
Thyroiditis | Silent thyroiditis | - | - | ↑/↓ | ↓/↑ | Normal | ↓ | ↑ | Normal | Absent | Present (high titer) |
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Hashimoto's thyroiditis (Hashitoxicosis) | - | - | ↑* | ↓ | Normal/↓ | Normal/↓ | Normal/↑ | Normal | Absent | Present (high titer) |
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Subacute (de Quervain's) thyroiditis | +/- | +/- | ↑/↓ | ↓/↑ | Normal | ↓ | ↑ | Normal | Absent | Low/absent |
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Postpartum thyroiditis | +/- | +/- | ↑/↓ | ↓/↑ | Normal | ↓ | ↑ | Normal/↑ | Absent | Present (high titer) |
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Primary hyperthyroidism | Grave's disease | - | - | ↓ | ↑ | Normal/↑ | ↑ | ↑ | Normal | Present | Absent |
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Toxic thyroid nodule | - | - | ↓ | ↑ | Normal/↑ | ↑(hot nodule) | Normal/↑ | Normal | Absent | Absent |
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Secondary hyperthyroidism | Pituitary adenoma | - | - | ↑ | ↑ | Normal/↑ | ↑ | Normal/↑ | Normal | Absent | Absent |
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Tertiary hyperthyroidism | Tertiary hyperthyroidism | - | - | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | Normal/↑ | ↑ | Absent | Absent |
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Drug induced | Amiodarone type 1 | - | - | ↓ | ↑ | Normal/↑ | ↓ | Normal/↑ | Normal | Absent | Absent |
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Amiodarone type 2 | - | - | ↓ | ↑ | Normal/↑ | Absent/↓ | Normal/↑ | Normal | Absent | Absent |
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Others | Factitious thyrotoxicosis | - | - | ↓ | ↑ | Normal/↑ | ↓ | ↓ | Normal | Absent | Absent |
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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.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Thyroiditis — NEJM".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bindra A, Braunstein GD (2006). "Thyroiditis". Am Fam Physician. 73 (10): 1769–76. PMID 16734054.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 McDermott MT (2009). "In the clinic. Hypothyroidism". Ann. Intern. Med. 151 (11): ITC61. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-11-200912010-01006. PMID 19949140.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Aoki Y, Belin RM, Clickner R, Jeffries R, Phillips L, Mahaffey KR (2007). "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)". Thyroid. 17 (12): 1211–23. doi:10.1089/thy.2006.0235. PMID 18177256.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lania A, Persani L, Beck-Peccoz P (2008). "Central hypothyroidism". Pituitary. 11 (2): 181–6. doi:10.1007/s11102-008-0122-6. PMID 18415684.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 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. "Clinical Strategies in the Testing of Thyroid Function". PMID 25905413.
- ↑ "Clinical Finding and Thyroid Function in Women with Struma Ovarii".
- ↑ Vaidya B, Pearce SH (2014). "Diagnosis and management of thyrotoxicosis". BMJ. 349: g5128. PMID 25146390.
- ↑ "Think thyrotoxicosis factitia - measure thyroglobulin | The BMJ".