Disorders of the thyroid gland

Description

suppurative thyroiditis: Acute inflammatory disease of the thyroid gland due to infections by bacteria; fungi; or other microorganisms. Symptoms include tender swelling, fever, and often with leukocytosis.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode E4_THYROID
Include E4_CONGEIOD, E4_IODGOITRE, E4_IODTHYR, E4_IODHYPSUB, E4_HYTHYSUBS, E4_HYTHYPOSTINF, E4_ATROTHY, E4_MYXOCO, E4_HYTHYNAS, E4_GOITREDIFF, E4_GOITRENOD, E4_GOITREMULTINOD, E4_GOITRENAS, E4_THYTOXGOITDIF, E4_THYTOXECT, E4_THYCRISIS, E4_THYTOXNAS, E4_THYROIDITACU, E4_THYROIDITSUBAC, E4_THYROIDITCHRON, E4_THYROIDITAUTOIM, E4_THYROIDITDRUG, E4_THYROIDITNAS, E4_HYPERSECCAL, E4_GOITREDYS, E4_THYROIDNASOTH
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 2
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 14350
GWAS catalog 1001431
MESH D013969
SNOMED CT 25476006

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 19464 15638 3826
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 14.68 20.81 6.66
Mean age at first event (years) 52.28 51.23 56.57
Median number of events / individual 21 23 16

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 85.61 86.33 82.7
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 2.23 1.57 4.94

Associations