<prompt> All the following are true of DeQuervans Thyroiditis exceptPainIncreased ESRIncreased radioactive iodine uptakeFever  <response>: Answer is C Increased radioactive Iodine uptake : DeQuervaitts Thyroiditis is characterized by a depressed radioactive iodine uptake. DeQueryains Thy roiditis, Granulomatous Thyroiditis or Subacute Thyroiditis or Giant cell Thyroiditis: Origin It is viral in origin.Q Symptoms usually follow an upper respiratory tract infection. Pain over thyroid Q or pain referred to lower jaw, ear, occiput stretching of thyroid capsule Etiology Clinical presentation Fever 2,malaise, asthenia Firm, irregular enlargement of one or both thyroid lobes Characteristic High Erythrocyte sedimentation rate ESR Laboratory Depressed RAIU i.e. decreased radio iodine uptake test Finding Early: patients may be mildly thyrotoxic due to leakage of hormone from gland: T3 T4 TSH Later : patients may be hypothyroid due to depletion of hormone from gland : T3 T4 TSH Histology Multinucleated Giant cells Q are seen - Robbins Prognosis Disorder may smoulder fir months but eventually subsides with return of normal function. 