Clinical characteristics of subacute thyroiditis is different than it used to be - current state based on 15 years own material.

Abstract

In our study, several new features of current SAT course, different from what we used to know about the disease, were reported. Higher frequency of painless SAT than it was ever described, was observed. Moreover, in as much as one third of the patients aTPO and/or aTg were present, and in 6% of SAT cases the coexistence of TRAb was demonstrated. Transient microhaematuria was typical for the acute SAT phase.