SARS related changes

Thyroid gland
Thyroiditis
SARS related changes

Author: Shahid Islam, M.D., Ph.D.

Topic Completed: 1 March 2009

Revised: 18 March 2019

Copyright: 2003-2017, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.

PubMed Search: severe acute respiratory syndrome thyroid

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Table of Contents

Definition / general | Microscopic (histologic) description

Cite this page: Islam S. SARS related changes. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/thyroidSARS.html. Accessed October 21st, 2019.

Definition / general

Severe acute respiratory syndrome is associated with low T3 and T4 levels in 7% (Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2005;63:197)

Microscopic (histologic) description

Distorted, dilated and collapsed follicles
Follicular cells are exfoliated into follicle, many cells are undergoing apoptosis (Hum Pathol 2007;38:95)
No calcitonin+ cells (Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2005;85:667)