Appendix IV
THYROID TABLES
Table 1.
Individual listing of thyroid abnormalities in Marshallese, 1980.
This does not include cases with indiscrete thyroid masses.*
Under "Hypofunction," two TSH levels >6 yU/dl were considered positive, except
that in presurgical cases one such level was considered positive because only
one or a few samples were available for testing;
Suggestive.
Ca = carcinoma.
Est.
Pt. No.
& sex
Age
1979
thyroid
dose
(rads)
two levels >3 were considered
Thyroid Nodularities
Age at
detection
Surgery
Diagnosis
(a) Rongelap exposed at age <10 (includes 2 in utero:
3M
26
1150
33 F
54 M
65 F
2M
26
26
26
27
1150
1150
1150
1100
13
13
13
12
19 M
21 F
30
28
1000
1050
14
13
Bost. '68
Guam '64
29
29
31
32
32
32
33
28
25
1000
1000
900
855
855
855
810
1050
?
19
15
14
17
18
21
20
28
24
Bost. '68
Guam '64
Cleve. '69
Cleve. '69'79
Bost. ‘65
Cleve. '69
Bost. '66
5M
17 F
42 F
23
69
72
15
20
36
61
32
83
M
F
F
F
M
M
F
M
M
85 M
26
28
28
25
1150
1050
1050
?
Hypofunction
TSH (pU/d1)
No. 83 and 85)
>400 (myxedema)
12
13
25
Bost.
Bost.
Bost.
Bost.
'66
'68
'66
'65
Guam '64
Bost.
'66
Adenomatous nod.
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
22
6.2, 8.2
"
"
"
"
"
Papillary Ca
Adenomatous nod.
"
"
"
"
"
"
Cleve.
'74
'79
Hyperpl. nodule
Cleve.
'72
Cleve.
'76
Adenoma
Nodules
Cleve.
"
22
"
470
4.9
4.7
5.2, 6.7
6.7, 7.3
"
(b) Rongelap exposed at age 10-18
75 F
67 F
74 F
40
38
40
655
520
425
24
24
32
'74
Papillary Ca
*Three cases (2 exposed and 1 control) are not included in the table since nodules palpated clinically did not reveal demonstrable pathology at surgery.
(See Table 3).
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