Table 7. Differential diagnostics of de Quervain's thyroiditis; multinucleated giant cells are present on the smear.
CLOSE
Typical clinical symptoms of de Quervain's thyroiditis
present
absent
De Quervain's disease
> 95%
+++
Lymphocytic thyroiditis
+
+++
Palpation thyroiditis
+
++
Granulation around surgical thread *
+
+
Papillary cancer
0 / +
+
Sarcoidosis
0 / +
0 / +
Tuberculous thyroiditis **
0 / +
0 / +