<prompt> All the following are true of de quervans thyroidites exceptPainIncreased esrIncreased radioactive iodine uptakeFever  <response>: C Increased radioactive iodine uptake 770-777-Bailey Love 26thDeOuervains thyroiditis is synonymous with Granulomatous thyroiditis or subacute Thyroiditis or Giant cell ThvroiditisQOriginEtiology It is viral in origin0 Symptoms usually follow an upper respiratory tract originClinical presentation Harrisons Pain over thyroid or pain referred to lower jaw, ear, occiput Fever, malaise, asthenia Firm, irregular enlargement of one or both Thyroid lobesCharacteristic High Erythrocyte sedimentation rate ESRLaboratory Depressed RAIU ie, decreased rado iodine uptake testFinding Harrisons 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 TSHHistology Multinucleated Giant cells are seen - Robbins Thyroid carcinoma following accidental irradiation in childhoodPapillary carcinomaThyroid carcinoma in long-standing goiterFollicular carcinomaThyroid carcinoma as part of MEN syndromeMedullary carcinomaPapillary carcinoma of thyroid is a slow growing tumor, usually not associated with blood borne metastasis and hence has a better prognosis than the other varieties. 