Postpartum thyroiditis

Definition

Postpartum thyroiditis (PPT) is the occurrence, in the postpartum period, of transient hyperthyroidism and/or transient hypothyroidism, with most women returning to the euthyroid state by 1 year postpartum.

Also indexed as

Nearby in Certain specified complications of the puerperium

• JB44.0Disruption of caesarean section wound
• JB44.1Disruption of perineal obstetric wound
• JB44.2Haematoma of obstetric wound
• JB44.3Cardiomyopathy in the puerperium
• JB44.4Postpartum acute renal failure
• JB44.6Puerperal osteomalacia
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified