Patients with subacute or granulomatous thyroiditis usually come to
the physician with fever , Anterior cervical pain and they show tenderness
in palpation during phyical examination . Occasianally , clinical
presentation are atypical and it is possible that it is taken as a systemic or
malignant diseases wrongfully.
Here , we reported a 27 years old girl with FUO that the final diagnosis
was subacute thyroiditis . The diagnosis was done through abnormal thyroid
function tests , thyroid scan, suppressed radio - iodine uptake and excellent
response to Aspirin .
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