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CURRENT MEDICAL FINDINGS ON MARSHALLESE -BROUGHT TO BROOKHAVEN
This is a follow-up of our memorandum of May 28, 1969, concerning
the medical status of the Marshallese exposed to fallout on
Rongelap following the March 1, 1954, shot at Bikini Atoll.
The four Rongelapese referred to in that memorandum received their
pre-operative observation at the Medical Center of Brookhaven
National Laboratory week before last and then transferred to the
Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital for surgery by Dr, Brown Dobyns,
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Two of the three Rongelapese, who were less than ten years of age at
the time of exposure to an estimated 175 rads of gamma and 600 to
1400 rem of internal beta radiation, were found to have the primary
benign adenomatous goiter like that seen in most Rongelapese of this
group. They were treated by subtotal thyroidectomy and are recovering
satisfactorily.
The third Rongelap native, a girl now 21-22 years of age, was found to
have a papillary adenoma with invasion of the lymph nodes of the left
side of the neck by neoplastic cells, Since the frozen sections and
invasiveness suggested a serious degree of malignancy a radical
dissection of the left side of the neck plus complete thyroidectomy
were carried out, The patient is recovering with a minor degree of
hypoparathyroidism,
The fourth Rongelapese who was exposed at the age of 22 years and
hence is estimated to have received only 160 rem of internal beta
plus 175 rads of gamma radiation, was found to have an invasive
adenoma which had involved the capsule of the thyroid gland,
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