Painless thyroiditis presenting as fever of unknown origin

Joint Authors

Nadiri, Hamid Rida
Sarvghad, M. R.

Source

Medical Journal of the Iranian Hospital

Issue

Vol. 4, Issue 2 (31 Jan. 2002), pp.68-69, 2 p.

Publisher

Iranian Hospital

Publication Date

2002-01-31

Country of Publication

United Arab Emirates

No. of Pages

2

Main Subjects

Medicine

Topics

Abstract EN

A 52-year-old man referred with fever for 40 days.

On examination, he had no abnormal finding except for a slightly enlarged thyroid gland.

Thyroid function tests demonstrated a thyrotoxic state with reduced uptake of radioiodine (RAI-U) compatible with subacute thyroiditis (SAT).

He had leukocytosis, raised ESR and a painless nontender thyroid gland.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Sarvghad, M. R.& Nadiri, Hamid Rida. 2002. Painless thyroiditis presenting as fever of unknown origin. Medical Journal of the Iranian Hospital،Vol. 4, no. 2, pp.68-69.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-61722

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Sarvghad, M. R.& Nadiri, Hamid Rida. Painless thyroiditis presenting as fever of unknown origin. Medical Journal of the Iranian Hospital Vol. 4, no. 2 (Jan. 2002), pp.68-69.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-61722

American Medical Association (AMA)

Sarvghad, M. R.& Nadiri, Hamid Rida. Painless thyroiditis presenting as fever of unknown origin. Medical Journal of the Iranian Hospital. 2002. Vol. 4, no. 2, pp.68-69.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-61722

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references : p. 69

Record ID

BIM-61722