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Summarizing Discussion. The two giris who had
complete thvroidectomies developed signs of hypoparathyroidism which responded to treatment.
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thought to be malignant. Sections of the tissues
were reviewed by a numberof pathologists, * all
of whom agreed that the nodules were not malignant and resembled in many respects adenomatoid
goiters seen with iodine deficiency, with its characteristic regenerative rather than neoplastic proliferation. However, in the Marshall Islands, where
fish and sea food are mainstaysof the diet, iodine
deficiency ts not likely and goiters are rare. Figure
10 showsa picture of the gross appearance of the
nodules and Figure 11 shows a microphotograph
of one of the glands. The likelihood of these nodules being radiation induced is discussed in the
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were in bovs 12 and 17 years of age and one in an
adult woman +41 years of age. The nodules appeared grossly similar to those described in the
teen-age girls in this report, and these cases will
receive study and treatment.
Growth and Development Sivdies. Anaiysis of
the statural data from the 1963 survey indicated
the persistence of the trends previously reported.
As shown in Figures 12 and 13, no difference was
apparentin median statures between the exposed
and control groups amonggirls and between girls
born to exposed and girls born to nonexposed
parents.* Among the boys, however, retardation
in statural growth of the exposed group between
the ages of 3 and 12 years as compared with that
of the control group was again noted ( Figure 14).
The difference in median statures between bovs
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born to exposed parents and those with nonexposed parents was also evident in 1963 (| Figure 13). This difference has been attributed to the
fact that the boys in the group with exposed parents
were, on the average, 4 months younger than the
boys in the group with nonexposed parents.
No statistically significant differences were noted
in body weight curves between exposed and control children (Figures 16 and 17). In skeletal maturation, the trends reported in the previous studies
5. Lindsay, University of California Medical School.
statistical analvses,
Parathyroid function returned in No. 17, but No.
21 still requires therapy including thyroid extract.
In the third case (No. 69} only a partial thyroidectomy was done, and she requires no therapv.
Nore: During the |1th-year survey now in pro-
gress (March 1965) 3 new cases of thyroid noduies
in the exposed group have been detected. Two
Forces Institute of Pathology; C. J. Stahl, U.S. Naval Hospital at
Guam; H.A. Johnson. Brookhaven Nationai Laboratory, and
*Or. K.M. Griffith of the M.D. Anderson Hospital did the