Thyroid gland
Thyroiditis
SARS related changes
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PubMed Search: severe acute respiratory syndrome thyroid
Thyroiditis
SARS related changes
Author: Shahid Islam, M.D., Ph.D.
Topic Completed: 1 March 2009
Minor changes: 18 March 2019
Copyright: 2003-2017, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
PubMed Search: severe acute respiratory syndrome thyroid
Cite this page: Islam S. SARS related changes. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/thyroidSARS.html. Accessed July 10th, 2020.
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)
