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Postpartum thyroiditis

MedGen UID:
78787
•Concept ID:
C0271815
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Post partum Thyroiditis; Post-partum Thyroiditides; Post-partum Thyroiditis; Postpartum Thyroiditides; Postpartum Thyroiditis; Thyroiditides, Post-partum; Thyroiditides, Postpartum; Thyroiditis, Post-partum; Thyroiditis, Postpartum
SNOMED CT: Postpartum thyroiditis (52772002)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0044014

Definition

Inflammatory disorder of thyroid gland that occurs postpartum due to any partum problem. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPostpartum thyroiditis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Assessment and treatment of thyroid disorders in pregnancy and the postpartum period.
Lee SY, Pearce EN
Nat Rev Endocrinol 2022 Mar;18(3):158-171. Epub 2022 Jan 4 doi: 10.1038/s41574-021-00604-z. PMID: 34983968Free PMC Article
Thyroiditis: Evaluation and Treatment.
Martinez Quintero B, Yazbeck C, Sweeney LB
Am Fam Physician 2021 Dec 1;104(6):609-617. PMID: 34913664
2017 Guidelines of the American Thyroid Association for the Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Disease During Pregnancy and the Postpartum.
Alexander EK, Pearce EN, Brent GA, Brown RS, Chen H, Dosiou C, Grobman WA, Laurberg P, Lazarus JH, Mandel SJ, Peeters RP, Sullivan S
Thyroid 2017 Mar;27(3):315-389. doi: 10.1089/thy.2016.0457. PMID: 28056690

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Endocrine Autoimmunity in Pregnancy.
Świątkowska-Stodulska R, Berlińska A, Stefańska K, Zieliński M, Kwiatkowski S, Połom J, Andrysiak-Mamos E, Wydra P, Sworczak K
Front Immunol 2022;13:907561. Epub 2022 Jun 29 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.907561. PMID: 35844617Free PMC Article
Assessment and treatment of thyroid disorders in pregnancy and the postpartum period.
Lee SY, Pearce EN
Nat Rev Endocrinol 2022 Mar;18(3):158-171. Epub 2022 Jan 4 doi: 10.1038/s41574-021-00604-z. PMID: 34983968Free PMC Article
Postpartum Thyroiditis.
Nguyen CT, Mestman JH
Clin Obstet Gynecol 2019 Jun;62(2):359-364. doi: 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000430. PMID: 30844908
Multiple nutritional factors and thyroid disease, with particular reference to autoimmune thyroid disease.
Rayman MP
Proc Nutr Soc 2019 Feb;78(1):34-44. Epub 2018 Sep 13 doi: 10.1017/S0029665118001192. PMID: 30208979
Multiple Nutritional Factors and the Risk of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.
Hu S, Rayman MP
Thyroid 2017 May;27(5):597-610. Epub 2017 Apr 6 doi: 10.1089/thy.2016.0635. PMID: 28290237

Diagnosis

Systematic review of COVID-19 and autoimmune thyroiditis.
Tutal E, Ozaras R, Leblebicioglu H
Travel Med Infect Dis 2022 May-Jun;47:102314. Epub 2022 Mar 18 doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102314. PMID: 35307540Free PMC Article
Assessment and treatment of thyroid disorders in pregnancy and the postpartum period.
Lee SY, Pearce EN
Nat Rev Endocrinol 2022 Mar;18(3):158-171. Epub 2022 Jan 4 doi: 10.1038/s41574-021-00604-z. PMID: 34983968Free PMC Article
Thyroiditis: Evaluation and Treatment.
Martinez Quintero B, Yazbeck C, Sweeney LB
Am Fam Physician 2021 Dec 1;104(6):609-617. PMID: 34913664
2017 Guidelines of the American Thyroid Association for the Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Disease During Pregnancy and the Postpartum.
Alexander EK, Pearce EN, Brent GA, Brown RS, Chen H, Dosiou C, Grobman WA, Laurberg P, Lazarus JH, Mandel SJ, Peeters RP, Sullivan S
Thyroid 2017 Mar;27(3):315-389. doi: 10.1089/thy.2016.0457. PMID: 28056690
Iodine-Induced hypothyroidism.
Markou K, Georgopoulos N, Kyriazopoulou V, Vagenakis AG
Thyroid 2001 May;11(5):501-10. doi: 10.1089/105072501300176462. PMID: 11396709

Therapy

Postpartum Thyroiditis.
Nguyen CT, Mestman JH
Clin Obstet Gynecol 2019 Jun;62(2):359-364. doi: 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000430. PMID: 30844908
Multiple nutritional factors and thyroid disease, with particular reference to autoimmune thyroid disease.
Rayman MP
Proc Nutr Soc 2019 Feb;78(1):34-44. Epub 2018 Sep 13 doi: 10.1017/S0029665118001192. PMID: 30208979
Multiple Nutritional Factors and the Risk of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.
Hu S, Rayman MP
Thyroid 2017 May;27(5):597-610. Epub 2017 Apr 6 doi: 10.1089/thy.2016.0635. PMID: 28290237
Thyroiditis: an integrated approach.
Sweeney LB, Stewart C, Gaitonde DY
Am Fam Physician 2014 Sep 15;90(6):389-96. PMID: 25251231
Iodine-Induced hypothyroidism.
Markou K, Georgopoulos N, Kyriazopoulou V, Vagenakis AG
Thyroid 2001 May;11(5):501-10. doi: 10.1089/105072501300176462. PMID: 11396709

Prognosis

Endocrine Autoimmunity in Pregnancy.
Świątkowska-Stodulska R, Berlińska A, Stefańska K, Zieliński M, Kwiatkowski S, Połom J, Andrysiak-Mamos E, Wydra P, Sworczak K
Front Immunol 2022;13:907561. Epub 2022 Jun 29 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.907561. PMID: 35844617Free PMC Article
Postpartum Thyroiditis.
Nguyen CT, Mestman JH
Clin Obstet Gynecol 2019 Jun;62(2):359-364. doi: 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000430. PMID: 30844908
Postpartum thyroiditis.
Argatska AB, Nonchev BI
Folia Med (Plovdiv) 2014 Jul-Sep;56(3):145-51. doi: 10.2478/folmed-2014-0021. PMID: 25434070
Thyroiditis: an integrated approach.
Sweeney LB, Stewart C, Gaitonde DY
Am Fam Physician 2014 Sep 15;90(6):389-96. PMID: 25251231
Subacute, silent, and postpartum thyroiditis.
Samuels MH
Med Clin North Am 2012 Mar;96(2):223-33. Epub 2012 Feb 4 doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2012.01.003. PMID: 22443972

Clinical prediction guides

Systematic review of COVID-19 and autoimmune thyroiditis.
Tutal E, Ozaras R, Leblebicioglu H
Travel Med Infect Dis 2022 May-Jun;47:102314. Epub 2022 Mar 18 doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102314. PMID: 35307540Free PMC Article
Multiple nutritional factors and thyroid disease, with particular reference to autoimmune thyroid disease.
Rayman MP
Proc Nutr Soc 2019 Feb;78(1):34-44. Epub 2018 Sep 13 doi: 10.1017/S0029665118001192. PMID: 30208979
Multiple Nutritional Factors and the Risk of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.
Hu S, Rayman MP
Thyroid 2017 May;27(5):597-610. Epub 2017 Apr 6 doi: 10.1089/thy.2016.0635. PMID: 28290237
Postpartum thyroiditis.
Argatska AB, Nonchev BI
Folia Med (Plovdiv) 2014 Jul-Sep;56(3):145-51. doi: 10.2478/folmed-2014-0021. PMID: 25434070
Iodine-Induced hypothyroidism.
Markou K, Georgopoulos N, Kyriazopoulou V, Vagenakis AG
Thyroid 2001 May;11(5):501-10. doi: 10.1089/105072501300176462. PMID: 11396709

Recent systematic reviews

Association of gestational thyroid function and thyroid peroxidase antibody positivity with postpartum depression: a prospective cohort study and systematic literature review with meta-analysis.
Sileo F, Osinga JAJ, Visser WE, Jansen TA, Bramer WM, Derakhshan A, Citterio V, Tiemeier H, Persani L, Korevaar TIM
Eur J Endocrinol 2023 Aug 2;189(2):S26-S36. doi: 10.1093/ejendo/lvad092. PMID: 37486224
Systematic review of COVID-19 and autoimmune thyroiditis.
Tutal E, Ozaras R, Leblebicioglu H
Travel Med Infect Dis 2022 May-Jun;47:102314. Epub 2022 Mar 18 doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102314. PMID: 35307540Free PMC Article
Interventions for clinical and subclinical hypothyroidism pre-pregnancy and during pregnancy.
Reid SM, Middleton P, Cossich MC, Crowther CA, Bain E
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013 May 31;(5):CD007752. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007752.pub3. PMID: 23728666
Significance of (sub)clinical thyroid dysfunction and thyroid autoimmunity before conception and in early pregnancy: a systematic review.
van den Boogaard E, Vissenberg R, Land JA, van Wely M, van der Post JA, Goddijn M, Bisschop PH
Hum Reprod Update 2011 Sep-Oct;17(5):605-19. Epub 2011 May 28 doi: 10.1093/humupd/dmr024. PMID: 21622978
Interventions for clinical and subclinical hypothyroidism in pregnancy.
Reid SM, Middleton P, Cossich MC, Crowther CA
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010 Jul 7;(7):CD007752. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007752.pub2. PMID: 20614463

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