de Quervain’s thyroiditis: A review of experience with surgery

Histological findings of subacute granulomatous thyroiditis (hematoxylin and eosin stain): (A) Non-caseating granulomatous inflammation with multinucleated giant cells (arrow) in association with fibrosis (*) and chronic inflammatory infiltrate can be seen in patients with De Quervain’s thyroiditis. In certain cases the fibrosis can be extensive presenting as a solid nodule clinically. (B) Collections of epithelioid histiocytes and multinucleated giant cells (arrows) destroying the follicle and engulfing colloid material. | Ranganath, R., Shaha, M. A., Xu, B., Migliacci, J., Ghossein, R., & Shaha, A. R. (2016). de Quervain’s thyroiditis: A review of experience with surgery. American journal of otolaryngology, 37(6), 534–537. doi:10.1016/j.amjoto.2016.08.006