ACUTE THYROIDITIS TREATED WITH CORTISONE
Authors: S L TEITELMAN, E F ROSENBERG
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Case Reports1 May 1953ACUTE THYROIDITIS TREATED WITH CORTISONES. LLOYD TEITELMAN, M.D., EDWARD F. ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P.S. LLOYD TEITELMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, EDWARD F. ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-38-5-1062 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptRecently we observed a patient with severe acute thyroiditis for whom usual treatment measures failed, but for whom administration of cortisone brought prompt cessation of the disease. Search of the literature revealed only one report of similar instances. Kinsell8 gave intensive ACTH and cortisone therapy to two patients with acute thyroiditis, one of whom had severe exophthalmos. He reported prompt subsidence of acute inflammatory involvement of the gland and decrease in exophthalmos.This case report is submitted to call further attention to this phenomenon. Additional study of this form of treatment for thyroiditis seems highly desirable in view of our...Bibliography1. Cantwell RC: Thiouracil in acute thyroiditis, Ann. Int. Med. 29: 730-732 (Oct.) 1948. LinkGoogle Scholar2. CluteSmith HMLW: Acute thyroiditis, Surg., Gynec. and Obst. 44: 23-29 (Jan.) 1927. Google Scholar3. Crile G: Treatment of thyroiditis, Arch. Surg. 57: 443-449 (Oct.) 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. CrileRumsey GEW: Subacute thyroiditis, J. A. M. A. 142: 458-462 (Feb.) 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. DoughertySchneebeli TFGL: Role of cortisone in regulation of inflammation, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med. 75: 854-859 (Dec.) 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. HillReissForshamThom SRRSPHGW: The effect of adrenocorticotropin and cortisone on thyroid function, J. Clin. Endocrinol. 10: 1375-1400 (Nov.) 1950. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. KingRosellini BTLJ: Treatment of acute thyroiditis with thiouracil, J. A. M. A. 129: 267-268 (Sept.) 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. Kinsell LW: Application of ACTH and adrenal steroid hormone, Ann. Int. Med. 35: 615-651 (Sept.) 1951. LinkGoogle Scholar9. KisnerReganisHaughton WHJD: Thyroiditis, New Orleans M. and S. J. 102: 217-222 (Nov.) 1949. MedlineGoogle Scholar10. Rhoads PS: ACTH and cortisone in active infections (Editorial), Arch. Int. Med. 87: 1-3 (Jan.) 1951. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, Illinois*Received for publication June 23, 1952.From the Departments of Surgery and Medicine, Michael Reese Hospital and the Chicago Medical School. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySubacute thyroiditisSubacute Diffuse ThyroiditisPrednisone for Treatment of Subacute ThyroiditisSUBACUTE GRANULOMATOUS THYROIDITIS: A REVIEW*FRANZ U. STEINBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P.Subacute Thyroiditis Treated with SalicylateSUBACUTE NON-SUPPURATIVE THYROIDITISSubacute thyroiditisTreatment of Subacute Thyroiditis with Cortisone 1 May 1953Volume 38, Issue 5Page: 1062-1065KeywordsAdrenocorticotropic hormoneHospital medicineSurgeryThyroid ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1953 PDF downloadLoading ...