Prevalence of Papillary Thyroid Cancer in Subacute Thyroiditis Patients May Be Higher Than It Is Presumed: Retrospective Analysis of 137 Patients

摘要

BackgroundThe association of subacute thyroiditis (SAT) and papillary thyroid carcinoma is a rare finding. In this study, we aimed to investigate the prevalence of differentiated thyroid cancer in a cohort of patients followed with the diagnosis of SAT.