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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1409-0015</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Medicina Legal de Costa Rica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Med. leg. Costa Rica]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1409-0015</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Costarricense de Medicina Forense]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1409-00152022000100032</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Hipertiroidismo transitorio posterior a trauma cuello en accidente de tránsito Reporte de caso con enfoque Médico Legal]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Transient hyperthyroidism after neck trauma in a traffic accident. Case report with a Legal Medical approach]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Argüello Borbón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Kimberly]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica  Departamento de Medicina Legal del Poder Judicial]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Heredia ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>39</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>32</fpage>
<lpage>36</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1409-00152022000100032&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1409-00152022000100032&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1409-00152022000100032&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El hipertiroidismo transitorio posterior a un trauma de cuello es un hecho infrecuente. Se presenta el caso de una femenina de 23 años, quien sufrió un accidente de tránsito presentando trauma en cuello al golpearse con la manivela de una motocicleta, posteriormente presentó supresión de TSH y elevación de T4 circulante, con ultrasonido y TAC que descartaron hematomas o rupturas de la glándula, que luego de manejo conservador presentó normalización de las hormonas tiroideas y evolucionó sin secuelas. Se hizo una revisión de la literatura sobre tiroiditis e hipertiroidismo transitorio post trauma de cuello.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Transient hyperthyroidism after neck trauma is not common. The case of a 23-year-old female is presented, who suffered a traffic accident presenting trauma to the neck when hitting with the crank of a motorcycle, subsequently presented suppression of TSH and elevation of circulating T4, with ultrasound and CT that ruled out bruises or ruptures of the gland, which after conservative management presented normalization of thyroid hormones and evolved without sequelae. A review of the literature on thyroiditis and transient hyperthyroidism after neck trauma was conducted.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Hipertiroidismo transitorio]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ttiroiditis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[trauma de cuello]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[accidente tránsito]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Transient hyperthyroidism]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Thyroiditis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[neck trauma]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[traffic accident.]]></kwd>
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