An Italian teenager may be the first known case of a painful thyroid infection caused by the new coronavirus, doctors report. What to know:
FRIDAY, May 22, 2020 -- An Italian teenager may be the first known case of a painful thyroid infection caused byA research team from Pisa, in northern Italy, said the 18-year-old woman's thyroid became sore and enlarged a few weeks after testing positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in late February. The condition, called, cleared up completely within a week after she was treated with the steroid prednisone.
Still, the doctors believe that"physicians should be alerted about the possibility of this additional clinical manifestation" tied to the new coronavirus, study leader Dr. Francesco Latrofa, an at the University Hospital of Pisa, said in a news release from the Endocrine Society. He and his colleagues published the findings May 21 in"COVID-19 continues to show us many surprises," said thyroid expert Dr. David Hiltzik, director of head and neck surgery at Staten Island University Hospital in New York City.
"Thankfully, thyroiditis can easily be treated and should not be of great concern," added Hiltzik, who wasn't involved in the new research."That being said, if a patient had the virus and presents with new neck pain they should get that evaluated." In the Italian woman's case, she first got a nasal swab test for the new coronavirus on Feb. 28, because her father had been hospitalized earlier with COVID-19. The test turned up positive, but she experienced only mild, transient respiratory symptoms at first.
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