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*[[AKA]] ''de Quervain disease'', AKA subacute thyroiditis.<ref>SR. 17 January 2011.</ref>
*[[AKA]] ''de Quervain disease'', AKA subacute thyroiditis.<ref>SR. 17 January 2011.</ref>
*Women > men.
*Women > men.
*Etiology: possibly viral.<ref name=llyod/>


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_Sternberg4_559>{{Ref Sternberg4|559}}</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_Sternberg4_559>{{Ref Sternberg4|559}}</ref><ref name=llyod>{{cite book |title=Endocrine Diseases (AFIP Atlas of Nontumor Pathology) |last= Lloyd |first = Ricardo V. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= 2002 |publisher= American Registry of Pathology |location= Toronto |isbn=978-1881041733 |page= |pages= |url=http://www.amazon.com/Endocrine-Diseases-Atlas-Nontumer-Pathology/dp/1881041735 |accessdate=}}</ref>
*[[Granulomas]].
*[[Granulomas]] with multinucleated giant cells - usu. with engulfed colloid.
*Lymphocytes.
*Plasma cells.
*+/-Fibrosis.
 
DDx:
*Infectious granulomatous disease (fungal, microbacterial).
*[[Palpation thyroiditis]].
*[[Sarcoidosis]] (classically intralobular distribution).
 
==Palpation thyroiditis==
===General===
*Granulomatous inflammation due to palpation.
**Incidence of granulomas higher in surgical thyroid specimens than autopsies.<ref name=llyod/>
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=llyod>{{cite book |title=Endocrine Diseases (AFIP Atlas of Nontumor Pathology) |last= Lloyd |first = Ricardo V. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= 2002 |publisher= American Registry of Pathology |location= Toronto |isbn=978-1881041733 |page= |pages= |url=http://www.amazon.com/Endocrine-Diseases-Atlas-Nontumer-Pathology/dp/1881041735 |accessdate=}}</ref>
*[[Granuloma]]s involving the follicle.
**Histiocytes within the colloid.


==Riedel thyroiditis==
==Riedel thyroiditis==
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