Title: Contraceptive pill and thyroid nodule.

POPLINE Document Number: 702145

Author(s):

Diamond MT
Joffe B

Source citation:

New York State Journal of Medicine, 1970 Jan 15;70:295-297.

Abstract:

A case report of a 30-year-old twice gravid female who developed a h yperfunctional, thyroid-stimulating hormone-dependent thyroid nodule whi le taking an oral contraceptive agent is presented. While the drug was maintained, the nodule grew larger; but when the drug was discontinued, the goiter decreased in size and then disappeared. The association of an oral contraceptive drug and a nodular goiter may be coincidental, but a causal relationship involving thyroid-stimulating hormone should not be ruled out. Careful examination of all women taking oral contraceptive steroids and frequent radioactive thyroidal scans may bring to light a number of such cases that perhaps are being overlooked.

Keywords:

Case Studies
Oral Contraceptives, Side Effects
Thyroid Effects
Oral Contraceptives, Combined
Side Effects
Studies
Research Methodology
Contraceptive Safety
Safety
Public Health
Health
Endocrine Effects
Endocrine System
Physiology
Biology
Oral Contraceptives
Contraceptive Methods
Contraception
Family Planning
Treatment