Thyroid and COVID-19: a review on pathophysiological, clinical and organizational aspects.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Thyroid dysfunction has been observed in patients with COVID-19, and endocrinologists are requested to understand this clinical issue. Pandemic-related restrictions and reorganization of healthcare services may affect thyroid disease management.

Objective and methods

To analyze and discuss the relationship between COVID-19 and thyroid diseases from several perspectives. PubMed/MEDLINE, Google Scholar, Scopus, ClinicalTrial.gov were searched for this purpose by using free text words and medical subject headings as follows: "sars cov 2", "covid 19", "subacute thyroiditis", "atypical thyroiditis", "chronic thyroiditis", "hashimoto's thyroiditis", "graves' disease", "thyroid nodule", "differentiated thyroid cancer", "medullary thyroid cancer", "methimazole", "levothyr

SUBMITTER: Lisco G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7992516 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature