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Frequency of Thyroid Antibodies at the Diagnosis of Subacute Thyroiditis Subakut Tiroidit Hastalığında Tanı Sırasında Tiroid Antikor Sıklığı 144 Original Article Turk J Endocrinol Metab. 2020;24:144-148 Frequency of Thyroid Antibodies at the Diagnosis of Subacute Thyroiditis Subakut Tiroidit Hastalığında Tanı Sırasında Tiroid Antikor Sıklığı Muhammed Erkam SENCAR, Murat ÇALAPKULU, Davut SAKIZ*, Sema HEPSEN, Pınar AKHANLI, İlknur ÖZTÜRK ÜNSAL, Erman ÇAKAL University of Health Sciences Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ankara, TURKEY *Mardin State Hospital, Clinic of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Mardin, TURKEY Objective: Although subacute thyroiditis (SAT) is not an auto- Amaç: Subakut tiroidit (SAT) otoimmün bir hastalık olma- immune disease, the presence of antithyroid antibodies has masına rağmen antitiroid antikorlarının pozitif olabileceği li- been reported in this disease too. This study aims to determine teratürde bildirilmiştir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, SAT’de tanı the frequency of antithyroid antibodies at the time of diagno- anında antitiroid antikorlarının sıklığını belirlemektir. Gereç sis of SAT. Material and Methods: Quantitative measure- ve Yöntemler: Toplam 76 SAT hastasının antitiroid peroksi- ments of antithyroid peroxidase antibody (anti-TPO), daz antikoru (anti-TPO), antitiroglobulin antikoru (anti-Tg) ve antithyroglobulin antibody (anti-Tg), and thyroid-stimulating TSH reseptörü otoantikorlarının [receptor autoantibodies hormone (TSH) receptor autoantibodies (TRAb) were made in (TRabs)] tanı anında kantitatif ölçümleri yapıldı. Tanısı şüp- 76 patients at the diagnosis of SAT. Cytopathological examina- heli hastalarda Graves ve Hashimoto hastalığını dışlamak için tion and iodine uptake test was performed to exclude Graves’ radyoiyot uptake testi ve sitopatolojik inceleme yapıldı. Sito- disease and Hashimoto’s disease in suspected patients. Mul- lojik incelemede çok çekirdekli dev hücrelerin ve epiteloid tiple multinuclear giant cells and granulomatous formations, in- histiyosit içeren granülomatöz oluşumların saptanması şüp- cluding epithelioid histiocytes, were the cytological findings heli vakalarda SAT tanısını desteklemek için kullanıldı. Bul- employed to support the diagnosis of SAT in suspicious cases. gular: Ortalama eritrosit sedimentasyon hızı ve C-reaktif Results: The median erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C- protein düzeyleri sırasıyla 49 mL/saat (21-130) ve 54 mg/L reactive protein levels were found to be 49 mL/hour (21-130) (8-179) olarak saptandı. TSH, serbest T4 ve serbest T3 dü- and 54 mg/L (8-179), respectively. TSH, free T4, and free T3 zeyleri sırasıyla 0,01 mIU/L (0,003-5,2), 1,98 ng/dL (0,78- levels were determined to be 0.01 mIU/L (0.003-5.2), 1.98 6,1) ve 5,51 ng/L (3,07-14) olarak saptandı. İlk başvuru ng/dL (0.78-6.1) and 5.51 ng/L (3.07-14), respectively. Du- anında hastaların %88'i hipertiroidik, %9'u ötiroid idi. Tanı ring the initial presentation, 88% of the patients were anında hastaların sırasıyla %11,8 ve %10,5’inde anti-TPO ve hyperthyroid, and 9% of the patients were euthyroid. Anti-TPO anti-Tg antikorlarının pozitif olduğu saptandı. Hastaların and anti-Tg antibody levels were detected to be above the %6,6’sında TRAb pozitifliği saptandı. Antikor düzeyi pozitif assay-specific cut-off in 11.8% and 10.5% of SAT patients, res- olan hastaların medyan anti-TPO, anti-Tg ve TRAb seviyeleri pectively, at the time of diagnosis. Elevated TRAb was detected sırasıyla 55 IU/mL (38-1.078), 163 IU/mL (5,5-876) ve 5 in 6.6% of all SAT patients. The median anti-TPO, anti-Tg, and IU/L (1,9-23) olarak saptandı. Sonuç: Sık olmasa da antiti- TRAb levels of antibody-positive patients were 55 IU/mL (38- roid antikor pozitifliği SAT hastalarında da görülebilir. Bu ça- 1.078), 163 IU/mL (5.5-876), 5 IU/L (1.9-23), respectively. lışma, SAT'de tiroid antikorlarının saptanamayacağını iddia Conclusion: Although uncommon, antibody positivity can also eden önceki çalışmaların hatalı olduğunu kanıtlamıştır. B u be observed in SAT disease. This study has proved that the pre- nedenle SAT hastalığı, Graves ve Hashimoto hastalıklarının vious studies claiming the absence of thyroid antibodies in SAT ayırıcı tanısında göz önünde bulundurulmalıdır. are flawed. SAT must be considered while assessing the diffe- rential diagnosis of Graves’ and Hashimoto’s disease. Keywords: Subacute thyroiditis; Anahtar kelimeler: Subakut tiroidit; antithyroid peroxidase antibody; antitiroid peroksidaz antikoru; antithyroglobulin antibody; antitiroglobulin antikoru; TSH receptor autoantibody TSH reseptörü otoantikoru Address for Correspondence: Muhammed Erkam SENCAR, University of Health Sciences Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ankara, TURKEY/TÜRKİYE Phone: +90 533 732 52 20 E-mail: [email protected] Peer review under responsibility of Turkish Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism. Received: 12 Feb 2020 Received in revised form: 03 May 2020 Accepted: 14 May 2020 Available online: 20 May 2020 1308-9846 / ® Copyright 2020 by Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism of Turkey. Publication and hosting by Turkiye Klinikleri. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-SA license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) DOI: 10.25179/tjem.2020-74287 144 Turk J Endocrinol Metab Sencar et al. 145 2020;24:144-148 Thyroid Antibodies and Subacute Thyroiditis Introduction of SAT typically shows hypoechoic areas Subacute thyroiditis (SAT) is a rare type of with blurred borders and reduced vascular- thyroiditis presenting with severe neck pain, ization while that of Graves’ disease demon- besides a tender, firm, and enlarged thyroid strates diffusely extended hypoechogenicity gland (1). Subacute thyroiditis is thought to and marked hypervascularity. At the time of be caused by a post-viral inflammatory diagnosis, the TSH receptor autoantibody process (1-3). Subacute thyroiditis is a di- (TRAb) test, antithyroid peroxidase antibody agnosis based on clinical and laboratory (anti-TPO) test, and anti-thyroglobulin anti- findings (4). SAT clinically presents with thy- body (anti-Tg) test were performed in all the rotoxicosis, followed by a short euthyroidism patients in addition to the TFT, ESR, and phase and then a hypothyroidism phase, CRP. which is mostly transient before remission Subjects were excluded from the study if (3,4) Thyroid antibodies help differentiate they were diagnosed with Hashimoto’s thy- SAT from Hashimoto’s disease and Graves’ roiditis or Graves’ disease, had any known disease. The literature presents only limited thyroid diseases or had previously used data on the frequency of antithyroid anti- levothyroxine or antithyroid drugs. TFT and bodies in subacute thyroiditis. Some reviews thyroid antibodies were evaluated using an also report that subacute thyroiditis lacks automated, direct chemiluminescent im- thyroid antibodies, unlike Hashimoto’s and munoassay (Beckman Coulter, CA, USA). Graves’ disease (3,5,6). Though subacute Normal ranges were defined as TRAb: 0-1.5 thyroiditis is not an autoimmune disease, IU/L, anti-TPO: 0-35 IU/mL, anti-Tg: 0-4 the release of antigens due to the destruc- IU/mL, TSH: 0.38-5.33 mIU/L, fT3: 2.28-4 tion of the thyroid gland may increase ng/L, and fT4: 0.60-1.25 ng/dL. The study serum antithyroid antibody concentrations was conducted following the Declaration of (2). The main purpose of the present study Helsinki. Approval of the institutional re- was to determine the frequency of thyroid view board was obtained from the local antibodies at the time of diagnosis of suba- ethics committee (declaration no: 57/03, cute thyroiditis. approval date: 17/12/2018). Informed con- sent was obtained from all the study par- Material and Methods ticipants. A total of 76 subjects were diagnosed with SAT at the Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training Statistical Analysis and Research Hospital, Department of En- Statistical analyses were performed using docrinology and Metabolism, between Janu- SPSS software (version 21, Chicago, USA). ary 2019 and December 2019. SAT Categorical data were summarized as fre- diagnosis was made based on clinical find- quencies and percentages (%). Continuous ings (severe neck pain, a tender, stiff and factors with normal distribution were de- enlarged thyroid gland, and fever), thyroid fined as mean±standard deviation, while ultrasonography findings, and laboratory non-normally distributed factors were de- test results including thyroid function tests fined as median (range) values. (TFT), C-reactive protein (CRP), and ery- throcyte sedimentation rate (ESR). Cy- Results topathological examination and iodine A total of 76 SAT patients, including 54 uptake test was performed to exclude (71%) females and 22 (29%) males, were Graves’ and Hashimoto’s disease in sus- evaluated to determine the thyroid anti- pected patients. The cytopathological find- body frequency. The mean age of subjects ings of multiple multinuclear giant cells and was 42 (20-75). The median ESR and CRP granulomatous formations, including iso- levels were obtained to be 49 mL/hour (21- lated epithelioid histiocytes, supported the 130) and 54 mg/L (8-179), respectively. diagnosis of SAT in suspicious cases. While TSH, fT4, and fT3 levels were found to be significant radioactive iodine uptake is ex- 0.01 mIU/L (0.003-5.2), 1.98 ng/dL (0.78- pected in Graves’s disease, low radioactive 6.1), and 5.51 ng/L (3.07-14), respectively. iodine uptake by the thyroid backs the diag- In the initial presentation, 88% of the study nosis of SAT. Thyroid ultrasound suggestive participants were hyperthyroid, and 9% of 145 146 Sencar et al. Turk J Endocrinol Metab Thyroid Antibodies and Subacute Thyroiditis 2020;24:144-148 Discussion As subacute thyroiditis manifests with thyro- toxicosis, the laboratory findings may be mis- understood for Graves’ disease. Acute exacerbation of chronic thyroiditis can also be clinically confused with SAT (7). Thyroid anti- bodies are valuable in differentiating SAT from Hashimoto’s disease and Graves’ dis- ease. Some reviews and textbooks state that circulating thyroid antibodies are absent or present in low amounts in subacute thyroidi- tis (3,5). The absence of thyroid antibodies is Figure 1: Clinical conditions of patients at the time of thought to be one of the typical signs of SAT.
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