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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