Since the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic, an array of different clinical sequela and comorbid conditions have been discovered to be associated with COVID-19 infection. Of these sequela, subacute thyroiditis (SAT) causing hyperthyroidism has been prominent, more commonly affecting women. However, our case details a 49-year-old male patient with no history of thyroid disease showing signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism for six months after recovery from COVID-19 infection. His blood work was consistent with hypothyroidism, showing markedly elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), suppressed T3 levels, and positive anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody titers. The patient was treated with Synthroid and showed quick clinical improvement in symptoms. This case demonstrates that COVID-19 infection can cause overt hypothyroidism in male patients, adding yet another clinical sequela of COVID-19 infection to our clinical repertoire from recently published case reports.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, Hypothyroidism, 【초록키워드】 coronavirus disease, Infection, Symptom, Symptoms, global pandemic, COVID-19 infection, male, Patient, Clinical improvement, women, Thyroid, Thyroiditis, disease, patients, Blood, Antibody titers, peroxidase, positive, TSH, elevated, treated, suppressed, affecting, comorbid condition, SAT, with COVID-19,