Tender neck in a diabetic patient

ABSTRACT

A 45-year-old Indian patient with a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus presented with history of pain in the left side of the neck associated with sore throat of one month duration. The diagnosis of subacute granulomatous thyroiditis [de Quervains thyroiditis] was made which was confirmed radiologically by depressed radioactive iodine uptake. The patient showed marked clinical response and improvement within 24 hours on anti-inflammatory drugs and corticosteroid