title: Thyroiditis. A disease with many faces.
abstract: Inflammatory conditions of the thyroid are commonly encountered in clinical practice. Older and middle-aged women are most often affected, and the clinical course may be acute, subacute, or chronic. Differentiating the various forms of thyroiditis can be difficult, because they often mimic other disease processes and each other. Diagnosis requires an awareness of the distinguishing characteristics of each type of thyroiditis as well as the overlapping features.
authors.affiliation: Section of General Internal Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Schubert
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Kountz
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013966:Thyroiditis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000175:diagnosis; D013968:Thyroiditis, Subacute / Q000175:diagnosis; D013969:Thyroiditis, Suppurative / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D011241:Prednisone