nodules in the gland.
The report stated that the significance of the
thyroiditis was not clearly understood, but it noted that during recent
years a general increase in thyroiditis has been observed in several
widely-scattered areas in the United States and elsewhere.
A con-
clusion of the report was that, as of that date, March 1966, no relationship had been established between the thyroiditis and exposure to
radiation. 12,13