title: The painful thyroid. A three-step diagnostic approach.
abstract: A three-step diagnostic approach can help to determine whether neck pain is related to a thyroid condition: Thyroid pain is almost always short-lived (less than 3 months); patients with thyroid-related neck pain usually point to the thyroid gland as the site of the most intense discomfort; patients with a painful thyroid always have abnormal findings on palpation. The vast majority of painful thyroid conditions are benign and can be managed with very little medication and a lot of reassurance.
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D010173:Palpation; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013997:Time Factors