This four-phase clinical presentation is similar to that of subacute thyroiditis, and it is unusual in the setting of infectious nonviral thyroiditis. Cryptococcal thyroiditis is rare; only three ...

Seven patients with subacute thyroiditis, who were treated with dicrofenac sodium alone, were investigated as to the sequential changes in serum parameters during their clinical courses.

They also recommend thyroid ultrasonography and fine-needle aspiration for differentiating malignancy and subacute thyroiditis, if necessary. In the second section of the algorithm (“secondary ...