Acute thyroid swelling with severe hypothyroid myxoedema after COVID‐19 vaccination

The SARS‐CoV‐2 virus can trigger thyroid dysfunction. Thyroid dysfunctions after COVID‐19 vaccination have been rarely reported. We report the case of overt hypothyroidism in a 61‐year‐old woman seen after BNT162b2‐mRNA vaccination. This case underlines the fact that thyroid function should also be...

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Autores principales: Giusti, Massimo, Maio, Agostino
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8667292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34938565
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5217
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description The SARS‐CoV‐2 virus can trigger thyroid dysfunction. Thyroid dysfunctions after COVID‐19 vaccination have been rarely reported. We report the case of overt hypothyroidism in a 61‐year‐old woman seen after BNT162b2‐mRNA vaccination. This case underlines the fact that thyroid function should also be monitored after COVID‐19 vaccination, especially in at‐risk subjects.
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spelling pubmed-86672922021-12-21 Acute thyroid swelling with severe hypothyroid myxoedema after COVID‐19 vaccination Giusti, Massimo Maio, Agostino Clin Case Rep Case Report The SARS‐CoV‐2 virus can trigger thyroid dysfunction. Thyroid dysfunctions after COVID‐19 vaccination have been rarely reported. We report the case of overt hypothyroidism in a 61‐year‐old woman seen after BNT162b2‐mRNA vaccination. This case underlines the fact that thyroid function should also be monitored after COVID‐19 vaccination, especially in at‐risk subjects. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-12-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8667292/ /pubmed/34938565 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5217 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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title_full Acute thyroid swelling with severe hypothyroid myxoedema after COVID‐19 vaccination
title_fullStr Acute thyroid swelling with severe hypothyroid myxoedema after COVID‐19 vaccination
title_full_unstemmed Acute thyroid swelling with severe hypothyroid myxoedema after COVID‐19 vaccination
title_short Acute thyroid swelling with severe hypothyroid myxoedema after COVID‐19 vaccination
title_sort acute thyroid swelling with severe hypothyroid myxoedema after covid‐19 vaccination
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8667292/
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