Case Reports
Vol. 9 No. 4 (2015)
https://doi.org/10.4081/itjm.2015.542

Subacute thyroiditis following influenza vaccine: a case report and literature review

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Received: 2 September 2014
Published: 12 June 2015
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Subacute painful thyroiditis, influenza vaccine, thyrotoxicosis.
medicine, endocrinology, vaccines

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Munther S. Momani
munthermomani1971@gmail.com
Internal Medicine Department, The Hospital of the University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Ayman A. Zayed
Internal Medicine Department, The Hospital of the University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Faris G. Bakri
Internal Medicine Department, The Hospital of the University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Subacute thyroiditis following influenza vaccination is a rarely reported condition. Here, we review this condition and report the case of a 40-year-old male who developed subacute thyroiditis following the administration of an influenza vaccine containing the (H1N1) pandemic 2009 strain. Interestingly, the patient had history of pericarditis and his HLA typing showed HLA B35. Physicians should be aware of this complication for influenza vaccine and of the relationship of HLA B35 haplotype with the susceptibility to subacute thyroiditis and other autoimmune disorders.

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Subacute thyroiditis following influenza vaccine: a case report and literature review. (2015). Italian Journal of Medicine, 9(4), 384-386. https://doi.org/10.4081/itjm.2015.542

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