SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS FOLLOWING SARS-COV-2 VACCINATION: AN AUTOIMMUNE/ INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME INDUCED BY ADJUVANTS (ASIA SYNDROME)


Ciftel S., Tuzun Z.

ACTA ENDOCRINOLOGICA-BUCHAREST, cilt.19, sa.3, ss.390-395, 2023 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4183/aeb.2023.390
  • Dergi Adı: ACTA ENDOCRINOLOGICA-BUCHAREST
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, EMBASE
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.390-395
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Context. Subacute thyroiditis, a manifestation of Autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants that may develop after vaccination. Objective. The aim of this study is to determine the importance of vaccination against COVID-19 in the etiology of subacute thyroiditis. Design. This case reports/series is an observational, descriptive research design. Subjects and Methods. Five of the thirty patients who applied to our clinic with subacute thyroiditis in the last 6 months had a history of inactivated and mRNA vaccines in the last four weeks, after exclusion of infection and comorbidities. We present three cases of mRNAbased vaccination and two cases of inactive SARS-CoV-2 vaccination that met ASIA criteria. Results. Our findings suggest that subacute thyroiditis may be a complication of vaccination against COVID-19. Conclusion. Vaccine administration may led to autoimmune manifestation induction as well as autoantibody production. Adjuvant -induced autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome, an abnormal autoimmune response as a result of exposure to an adjuvant such as vaccine, appears likely in our cases.