Acute thyroid swelling with severe hypothyroid myxoedema after COVID-19 vaccination

Massimo Giusti; Agostino Maio

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5217

Acute thyroid swelling with severe hypothyroid myxoedema after COVID-19 vaccination

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Dec 13;9(12):e05217. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5217. eCollection 2021 Dec.

Authors

Massimo Giusti¹, Agostino Maio²

Affiliations

¹ BIOMEDICAL Genoa Italy.
² ASL 3 Genovese Genoa Italy.

Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 virus can trigger thyroid dysfunction. Thyroid dysfunctions after COVID-19 vaccination have been rarely reported. We report the case of overt hypothyroidism in a 61-year-old woman seen after BNT162b2-mRNA vaccination. This case underlines the fact that thyroid function should also be monitored after COVID-19 vaccination, especially in at-risk subjects.

Keywords: COVID‐19; levothyroxine; myxedema; thyroid; vaccination overt hypothyroidism.

Publication types

Case Reports