title: Post-partum thyroiditis can be painful.
abstract: A patient with post-partum thyroiditis is described. She was a 22 year old with a negative family history of autoimmune thyroid disease who was noted to have a high titre of antithyroid microsomal antibody during pregnancy. She developed mild hyperthyroidism 8 weeks post-partum but at 12 weeks she had a mildly painful enlarged thyroid gland. At 20 weeks post-partum she had severe thyroidal pain with dysphagia. The thyroid was exquisitely tender to palpation. She was treated with L-thyroxine and the pain resolved within 4 weeks. This is the first report documenting pain in the thyroid as a feature of post-partum thyroiditis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Othman
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Parkes
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lazarus
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000209:etiology; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013966:Thyroiditis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D013974:Thyroxine