Thyroid ResearchPub Date : 2023-03-13DOI: 10.1186/s13044-023-00148-6
Anabella Smulever, Fabian Pitoia
{"title":"Conservative management of low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma: a review of the active surveillance experience.","authors":"Anabella Smulever, Fabian Pitoia","doi":"10.1186/s13044-023-00148-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13044-023-00148-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The detection of low-risk thyroid carcinoma has increased in recent decades, although disease-specific mortality remained without changes. The high prevalence of occult carcinomas in autopsy studies, and hence the underlying indolent course of this entity, prompted the emergence of active surveillance as an alternative approach to these tumors. This strategy aims to recognize the minority group of patients who will develop clinical progression and probably benefit from deferred surgery. Experience around the world has shown that during active surveillance these tumors are mostly unchanged in size, with very-slow growth and even a decrease in diameter. Moreover, the rates of lymph node metastases were low and easily handled by rescue surgery, and distant metastases have not been reported. Given the high prevalence of small thyroid carcinomas and the excellent outcomes for observation, active surveillance provides a safe and feasible alternative in properly selected patients with low-risk thyroid cancer.</p>","PeriodicalId":39048,"journal":{"name":"Thyroid Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10009928/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9110463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thyroid ResearchPub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1186/s13044-023-00147-7
Matthias Lang, Thomas Longerich, Chrysanthi Anamaterou
{"title":"Targeted therapy with vemurafenib in BRAF(V600E)-mutated anaplastic thyroid cancer.","authors":"Matthias Lang, Thomas Longerich, Chrysanthi Anamaterou","doi":"10.1186/s13044-023-00147-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13044-023-00147-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is one of the most aggressive malignancies, representing less than 5% of all thyroid carcinomas. Τhe median survival is limited to months due to the resistance of ATC to surgery, radioiodine therapy, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. This review will cover novel agents involving several cellular signaling pathways including the BRAF pathway. The BRAF inhibitor vemurafenib improves survival among patients with metastatic melanoma, hairy-cell leukemia and intracranial neoplasms with BRAF gene mutations. The frequency of a BRAF (V600E) mutation in ATC is about 25%.</p><p><strong>Case presentation: </strong>We report the first case of a marked partial response to adjuvant first line monotherapy with vemurafenib in BRAF V600E-mutated ATC. The 78-year-old man showed a sustained response for 7 months, thereafter scans revealed progressive disease and the patient died 10 months after first diagnosis. This case report is accompanied by a comprehensive review of current strategies and tools for ATC treatment.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This case and the review of current data confirm the benefit of BRAF inhibition in BRAF-mutated ATC, limited by acquired resistance to targeted therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":39048,"journal":{"name":"Thyroid Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9976495/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10823746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thyroid ResearchPub Date : 2023-02-13DOI: 10.1186/s13044-022-00145-1
Jolanta Krajewska, Aleksandra Kukulska, Konrad Samborski, Agnieszka Czarniecka, Barbara Jarzab
{"title":"Lobo-isthmectomy in the management of differentiated thyroid cancer.","authors":"Jolanta Krajewska, Aleksandra Kukulska, Konrad Samborski, Agnieszka Czarniecka, Barbara Jarzab","doi":"10.1186/s13044-022-00145-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13044-022-00145-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We have recently witnessed a rapid increase in the incidence of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC), particularly low and very low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma. Simultaneously, the number of cancer-related deaths has remained stable for more than 30 years. Such an indolent nature and long-term survival prompted researchers and experts to an ongoing discussion on the adequacy of DTC management to avoid, on the one hand, the overtreatment of low-risk cases and, on the other hand, the undertreatment of highly aggressive ones.The most recent guidelines of the American Thyroid Association (ATA GL) moved primary thyroid surgery in DTC towards a less aggressive approach by making lobectomy an option for patients with intrathyroidal low-risk DTC tumors up to 4 cm in diameter without evidence of extrathyroidal extension or lymph node metastases. It was one of the key changes in DTC management proposed by the ATA in 2015.Following the introduction of the 2015 ATA GL, the role of thyroid lobectomy in DTC management has slowly become increasingly important. The data coming from analyses of the large databases and retrospective studies prove that a less extensive surgical approach, even if in some reports it was related to a slight increase of the risk of recurrence, did not show a negative impact on disease-specific and overall survival in T1T2N0M0 low-risk DTC. There is no doubt that making thyroid lobectomy an option for low-risk papillary and follicular carcinomas was an essential step toward the de-escalation of treatment in thyroid carcinoma.This review summarizes the current recommendations and evidence-based data supporting the necessity of de-escalation of primary thyroid surgery in low-risk DTC. It also discusses the controversies raised by introducing new ATA guidelines and tries to resolve some open questions.</p>","PeriodicalId":39048,"journal":{"name":"Thyroid Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9923929/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10705018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thyroid ResearchPub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.1186/s13044-022-00144-2
Anne Mette Frøbert, Claus G Nielsen, Malene Brohus, Jonas Kindberg, Ole Fröbert, Michael T Overgaard
{"title":"Hypothyroidism in hibernating brown bears.","authors":"Anne Mette Frøbert, Claus G Nielsen, Malene Brohus, Jonas Kindberg, Ole Fröbert, Michael T Overgaard","doi":"10.1186/s13044-022-00144-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13044-022-00144-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Brown bears hibernate throughout half of the year as a survival strategy to reduce energy consumption during prolonged periods with scarcity of food and water. Thyroid hormones are the major endocrine regulators of basal metabolic rate in humans. Therefore, we aimed to determine regulations in serum thyroid hormone levels in hibernation compared to the active state to investigate if these are involved in the adaptions for hibernation.We used electrochemiluminescence immunoassay to quantify total triiodothyronine (T<sub>3</sub>) and thyroxine (T<sub>4</sub>) levels in hibernation and active state in paired serum samples from six subadult Scandinavian brown bears. Additionally, we determined regulations in the liver mRNA levels of three major thyroid hormone-binding proteins; thyroxine-binding globulin (TBG), transthyretin (TTR), and albumin, by analysis of previously published grizzly bear RNA sequencing data.We found that bears were hypothyroid when hibernating with T<sub>4</sub> levels reduced to less than 44% (P = 0.008) and T<sub>3</sub> levels reduced to less than 36% (P = 0.016) of those measured in the active state. In hibernation, mRNA levels of TBG and albumin increased to 449% (P = 0.031) and 121% (P = 0.031), respectively, of those measured in the active state. TTR mRNA levels did not change.Hibernating bears are hypothyroid and share physiologic features with hypothyroid humans, including decreased basal metabolic rate, bradycardia, hypothermia, and fatigue. We speculate that decreased thyroid hormone signaling is a key mediator of hibernation physiology in bears. Our findings shed light on the translational potential of bear hibernation physiology to humans for whom a similar hypometabolic state could be of interest in specific conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":39048,"journal":{"name":"Thyroid Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9890737/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9194202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thyroid ResearchPub Date : 2023-01-16DOI: 10.1186/s13044-022-00143-3
Elisa Minaldi, Carlotta Giani, Laura Agate, Eleonora Molinaro, Rossella Elisei
{"title":"Pros and cons of an aggressive initial treatment with surgery and radioiodine treatment in minimally invasive follicular thyroid carcinoma.","authors":"Elisa Minaldi, Carlotta Giani, Laura Agate, Eleonora Molinaro, Rossella Elisei","doi":"10.1186/s13044-022-00143-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13044-022-00143-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Currently, surgery alone is the gold standard treatment for minimally invasive follicular thyroid cancer (mi-FTC).</p><p><strong>Case presentation: </strong>A case of a mi-FTC diagnosed in 1994 was treated with total thyroidectomy and radioiodine (RAI) ablation, according to the therapeutic algorithm used at that time. Nevertheless, he had a recurrence with distant metastasis after 24 years from the initial treatment.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Total thyroidectomy and RAI ablation might have delayed the development of distant metastasis but they were not sufficient to avoid disease recurrence. Certainly, remnant ablation simplified the follow-up and the monitoring of serum thyroglobulin allowed the early detection of the biochemical recurrence, but didn't change the outcome of the disease. Moreover, because of this early detection the patient was exposed to useless biochemical and imaging examinations. The aim of this report is to discuss the pros and cons of an aggressive treatment of a patient with mi-FTC.</p>","PeriodicalId":39048,"journal":{"name":"Thyroid Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9841632/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9090682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thyroid ResearchPub Date : 2023-01-11DOI: 10.1186/s13044-023-00146-8
Le Ngoc Ha, Le Quoc Khanh, Ngo Thi Minh Hanh, Hyo Jung Seo, Mai Hong Son
{"title":"Screening and treatment of brain metastasis from papillary thyroid carcinoma: a case series.","authors":"Le Ngoc Ha, Le Quoc Khanh, Ngo Thi Minh Hanh, Hyo Jung Seo, Mai Hong Son","doi":"10.1186/s13044-023-00146-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13044-023-00146-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The brain metastasis from differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) is a rare condition and its prognosis is poor. The standard protocol for screening and treatment of patients with brain metastases from papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) remains controversial. This report aims to share the experience of a single center in the management of brain metastases from DTC.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Five patients with brain metastases were identified from 5000 patients with DTC attending the department of nuclear medicine, Hospital 108 between 2016 to 2022. The statistical software Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 20.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) was used to analyze the data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Five patients with brain metastases from DTC were revealed by MRI, <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT with contrast enhancement, and <sup>131</sup>I-SPECT/CT. The median time of overall survival (OS) was 15 months, ranging from 10 to 65 months. Two out of the five patients underwent surgery, and futher 2 patients were treated with stereotactic surgery (SRS). All patients are still alive.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Brain metastases from DTC are rare. MRI is the preferred imaging mobility to screen brain lesions in DTC. The primary treatment modalities are surgery and SRS.</p>","PeriodicalId":39048,"journal":{"name":"Thyroid Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9832656/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10529512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Incidence and treatment outcomes of Graves' disease in Thailand: a single-center retrospective observational study.","authors":"Wasit Kanokwongnuwat, Nawarat Penpong, Chaninporn Sangsri","doi":"10.1186/s13044-022-00142-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13044-022-00142-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Treatment patterns and outcomes of Graves' disease (GD) are variable around the world. However, studies on treatment outcomes of GD from the Asian populations are limited. We aimed to evaluate treatment outcomes of GD in Thailand.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients with new diagnoses of GD in a single center between 2014-2018 were retrospectively reviewed. The diagnosis of GD was based on clinical features, which included diffuse goiter, Graves' orbitopathy (GO), pretibial myxedema and acropachy.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The age-adjusted incidence of GD was 26.57 per 100,000 per year. The study included 355 patients aged 15 years or above with a follow-up period of at least 24 months. Antithyroid drug (ATD) was the most popular first-line treatment modality with 98.7% patients receiving the treatment, followed by radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment in 1.3% patients. The most effective treatment modality was surgery with a remission rate of 100%. ATD had a lowest remission rate of 23.8%. Multivariable Cox regression analysis showed GO (HR 1.76, 95% CI 1.08-2.88) and initial TSH < 0.01 uIU/ml (HR 1.61, 95% CI 1.14-2.28) were significant factors associated with an increased treatment failure rate.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Treatment failure with ATD in patients with GD was frequent in this population. The diagnosis of GD based solely on clinical features may explain the high treatment failure rate in this study. More definitive treatment could be used to prevent relapse and complications of the disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":39048,"journal":{"name":"Thyroid Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9761999/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10459132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Case report: surgical management of symptomatic pretracheal thyroid gland in a patient with dual ectopic thyroid.","authors":"Masayuki Saito, Hirona Banno, Yukie Ito, Mirai Ido, Manami Goto, Takahito Ando, Junko Kousaka, Yukako Mouri, Kimihito Fujii, Tsuneo Imai, Shogo Nakano, Toyonori Tsuzuki","doi":"10.1186/s13044-022-00141-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13044-022-00141-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Dual ectopic thyroid, a very rare condition, is defined as the simultaneous presence of ectopic thyroid tissue in two abnormal locations. Here, we report the surgical management of a patient with dual ectopic thyroid.</p><p><strong>Case presentation: </strong>The patient was a 12-year-old boy with right para-midline swelling for 2 months. On physical examination of the upper anterior neck, there was a 4 cm × 3 cm mass that was soft, mobile, smooth, and painless. Blood examination showed euthyroidism. Neck ultrasonography showed a well-circumscribed multilocular cyst. We followed up by observation only because the patient had no local symptoms or malignancy. After 2 years, the mass gradually enlarged, so we performed surgery to improve cosmetic outcomes. Preoperative neck CT revealed both a high-density solid mass at the base of the tongue and a central low-density region surrounded by a high-density area at the pretracheal region below the hyoid. The infrahyoid mass was surgically removed, and the sublingual mass was left intact. Pathological findings showed the growth of multiple-size follicles, leading to a diagnosis of adenomatous goiter. Postoperative <sup>123-</sup>I scintigraphy showed radioactive iodine uptake in the sublingual lesion, but none in the normal thyroid bed despite the extirpation of thyroid tissue. Postoperative thyroid hormone replacement was started for subclinical hypothyroidism. One year postoperatively, the patient became euthyroid.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Surgical excision was used to manage a symptomatic cervical infrahyoid mass related to dual ectopic thyroid. Postoperatively, thyroid hormone replacement was required both to prevent enlargement of the remaining sublingual thyroid and to maintain adequate thyroid hormone levels.</p>","PeriodicalId":39048,"journal":{"name":"Thyroid Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9743632/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10275354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thyroid ResearchPub Date : 2022-12-05DOI: 10.1186/s13044-022-00140-6
Aqeeb Ur Rehman, Muhammad Ehsan, Haseeba Javed, Muhammad Zain Ameer, Aleenah Mohsin, Muhammad Aemaz Ur Rehman, Ahmad Nawaz, Zunaira Amjad, Fatima Ameer
{"title":"Solitary and multiple thyroid nodules as predictors of malignancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Aqeeb Ur Rehman, Muhammad Ehsan, Haseeba Javed, Muhammad Zain Ameer, Aleenah Mohsin, Muhammad Aemaz Ur Rehman, Ahmad Nawaz, Zunaira Amjad, Fatima Ameer","doi":"10.1186/s13044-022-00140-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13044-022-00140-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The debate on whether or not there is a difference in the incidence of thyroid cancer between the patients with Solitary thyroid Nodule (STN) and Multinodular Goiter (MNG) has been constantly present for the last few decades. With newer studies yielding mixed results, it was imperative to systematically compile all available literature on the topic.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>PubMed/MEDLINE, Cochrane Central, ScienceDirect, GoogleScholar, International Clinical Trials registry, and reference lists of the included articles were systematically searched for article retrieval. No filter was applied in terms of time, study design, language or country of publication. Rigorous screening as per PRISMA guidelines was undertaken by 2 independent reviewers in order to identify the articles that were most relevant to the topic.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty-two studies spanning from 1992 to 2018 were included in this analysis and encompassed 50,321 patients, 44.2% of which belonged to the STN subgroup and 55.37% to the MNG subgroup. MNG was found to be associated with a significantly lower risk of thyroid cancer (OR = 0.76; 95% CI 0.61-0.96) when compared with STN. Papillary carcinoma was the most frequently occurring carcinoma across both groups, followed by follicular and medullary carcinomas. A subgroup analysis was performed to assess the efficacy of the two most commonly employed diagnostic tools i.e. surgery and fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), however it yielded nonsignificant results, indicating a comparable usefulness of the two. Another subgroup analysis run on the basis of the presumed iodine status of the participants also yielded nonsignificant results.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There is a higher incidence of thyroid cancer among patients of STN, however, given the low quality of existing evidence on the topic, it is crucial to conduct larger studies that can establish association with a greater precision.</p>","PeriodicalId":39048,"journal":{"name":"Thyroid Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9720983/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9427926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thyroid ResearchPub Date : 2022-11-02DOI: 10.1186/s13044-022-00139-z
Massimo Giusti, Marilena Sidoti
{"title":"Retrospective observation of subacute thyroiditis before and during the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in a single secondary endocrine centre in the Savona district, Liguria, Italy.","authors":"Massimo Giusti, Marilena Sidoti","doi":"10.1186/s13044-022-00139-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13044-022-00139-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Clinicians should be aware that subacute thyroiditis (SAT) might be an under-reported adverse effect of COVID-19 vaccines.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>In records from endocrinological examinations, we reviewed the incidence of diagnoses of SAT from 2000 to 2020 and during the 2021 COVID-19 vaccination campaign.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Review of electronic records from June to December in each year from 2000 to 2021.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>From 2000 to 2020, 51 patients in our centre had SAT (0.6%). From June to December 2021, 7 females were diagnosed with SAT after vaccination. The percentage of SAT in 2021 medical files was 1.5%. SAT diagnoses significantly (P = 0.03) increased in 2021 in comparison with the 2000-2020 period. The median age of SAT patients in 2021 (51 years; IQR 35-66 years) was higher than in the 2000-2020 period (45 years, IQR 38-52 years; P = 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>To date, few cases of SAT after COVID-19 vaccinations have been described in the literature, with sub-clinical, normal or increased thyroid function during 1-3-month follow-up. Our findings indicate that SAT after COVID-19 vaccination occurs more frequently than in other virus-related cases and at a greater age. Our observation of a local increase in SAT during the 2021 COVID-19 vaccination campaign indicates that physicians should be aware of this infrequent side effect, which must be considered and monitored after COVID-19 vaccination.</p>","PeriodicalId":39048,"journal":{"name":"Thyroid Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9628123/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40448249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}