| Authors | No. | Age/sex | Symptoms | ESR (mm/h) | CRP (mg/dL) | TT4 (μg/dL) | FT4 (ng/dL) | TT3 (ng/dL) | TSH (mU/L) | 24-h RAIU (%) | MCHA/ TGHA Titer | FNA |
| Normal range | | | | 0–20 | <0.3 | 5–12 | 0.8–2.0 | 120–190 | 0.5–6.0 | 10–35% | 0/0 | | Kon and DeGroot [6] | 1 | 36/F | Daily neck pain and swelling, 5 months | 11 | 1.3 | 8.3 | NM | NM | 1.5 | 23% | 320/160 | ND | | 2 | 26/F | HT/hypothyroid on L-T4, painful goiter, 1-2 years | 20 | ND | 6.9 | NM | NM | 9.2 (L-T4 175 μg) | 27% | 20,480/40 | HT | | 3 | 39/F | HT/hypothyroid on L-T4, episodic throat pain radiating to chin and ears, 3 years | 10 | <0.3 | 12.1 | NM | NM | 1.46 (L-T4 112 μg) | ND | 6,400/ND | Inconclusive | | 4 | 48/F | Initially “like SAT”, episodic neck pain, 7 months | 11–39 (NR 1–39) | <0.3 | 5.9 | NM | NM | 4.6 | Initial 2%, after 7 months 28% | 0/0 | Florid lymphocytic thyroiditis | | 5 | 28/F | HT, painful goiter radiating to ears, odynophagia, 1 month | 11–17 | ND | 5.0 | NM | 432 | 4 | 25% | >20,480/10,240 | HT, giant cells | | 6 | 22/F | L-T4 for diffuse goiter, pain right thyroid lobe to right ear, dysphagia, 2 months | 18 | ND | 10.8 | NM | NM | 0.3 (L-T4 100 μg) | 5h 7%, 31 h 17% | 1,280/40 | ND | | 7 | 41/F | Constant painful goiter on L-T4, especially right side, odynophagia, hoarseness, 5 months | 16–22 | 1.2 (NR 0–1.8) | 11 | NM | NM | 0.8 (L-T4 175 μg) | ND | 0/0 | HT, giant cells |
| Ohye et al. [7] | 1 | 24/M | Fever, neck pain | 0.6 | 3.1 | NM | 1.22 | NM | 7.72 | ND | 409,600/25,600 | HT | | 2 | 65/F | Neck pain | 51 | ND | NM | 1.22 | NM | ND | 0.6% | 102,400/409,600 | ND | | 3 | 56/F | Fever, neck pain, swelling | 66 | ND | NM | 0.72 | NM | 8.75 | 31.9% | 400/1,638,400 | HT | | 4 | 62/F | Fever, neck pain | ND | 9.0 | NM | 1.61 | NM | 0.063 | ND | 3.3 U/mLa, 13,300 U/mLb | ND | Gourgiotis et al. [8] | 1 | 56/F | Prior left hemithyroidectomy for Graves’ disease and HT, episodic neck pain, hoarseness, 4 years | 19 | NM | NM | 1.80 | 121 | 0.05 (L-T4 150 μg) | ND | 611 U/mLa, 112 U/mLb | Hürthle cells, no thyroiditis | | 2 | 32/M | Neck pain, swelling, dysphagia, HT, 2 years | 5 | NM | NM | 1.70 | 320 | 0.60 (L-T4 175 μg) | ND | 320/100 | ND |
| Zimmerman et al. [9] | 1 | 52/F | Episodic neck pain, sore throat, 5 years | 7 | NM | 5.4 | NM | NM | NM | 35% | 6,400/0 | Lymphocytic thyroiditis | | 2 | 41/F | Tender goiter, 6 months | 16 | NM | 4.8 | NM | NM | NM | 23% | ND | Lymphocytic thyroiditis |
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