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Thyroid inflammatory conditions

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A number of inflammatory conditions can affect the thyroid gland, which are commonly described as thyroiditides:

acute thyroiditis
- acute suppurative thyroiditis (AST)
autoimmune thyroiditis
- Hashimoto thyroiditis: lymphocytic thyroiditis
- Riedel thyroiditis
- subacute lymphocytic thyroiditis: silent thyroiditis or painless subacute thyroiditis
  - postpartum thyroiditis: is a subtype of silent thyroiditis
subacute thyroiditis
- granulomatous: de Quervain thyroiditis: subacute granulomatous thyroiditis ¹
- lymphocytic: subacute lymphocytic thyroiditis: silent thyroiditis or painless subacute thyroiditis
  - postpartum thyroiditis: is a subtype of silent thyroiditis
  ~~(sometimes classified as an autoimmune thyroiditis~~ ⁴)

~~-<li><a title="Post partum thyroiditis (PPT)" href="/articles/postpartum-thyroiditis">post partum thyroiditis</a></li>~~
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+<a href="/articles/sub-acute-lymphocytic-thyroiditis">subacute lymphocytic thyroiditis</a>: silent thyroiditis or painless subacute thyroiditis <ul><li>
+<a href="/articles/post-partum-thyroiditis">postpartum thyroiditis</a>: is a subtype of silent thyroiditis </li></ul>
+</li>
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~~-<a href="/articles/de-quervain-thyroiditis">de Quervain thyroiditis</a>: subacute granulomatous thyroiditis <sup>1</sup>~~
+<li>granulomatous: <a href="/articles/de-quervain-thyroiditis">de Quervain thyroiditis</a>: subacute granulomatous thyroiditis <sup>1</sup>
+</li>
+<li>lymphocytic: <a href="/articles/sub-acute-lymphocytic-thyroiditis">subacute lymphocytic thyroiditis</a>: silent thyroiditis or painless subacute thyroiditis <ul><li>
+<a href="/articles/post-partum-thyroiditis">postpartum thyroiditis</a>: is a subtype of silent thyroiditis </li></ul>
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-<a href="/articles/sub-acute-lymphocytic-thyroiditis">subacute lymphocytic thyroiditis</a>: <a href="/articles/silent-thyroiditis">silent thyroiditis</a> (sometimes classified as an autoimmune thyroiditis <sup>4</sup>)</li>

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