Table 4. Patient No. & sex Histopathologic diagnoses of thyroid nodules among Marshallese study populations. Age at surgery Years post exposure Pathologic diagnosis Remarks Rongelap exposed 21 F 13 2M 20 M 64 F 33 F 65 19 23 54 18 36 72 17 F 69 F 42 F 61 F F M M M F M F 15 F 75 F 10 1/2 Adenomatous nodules Hyperplasia 12 18 4] 13 1] 11 11] 12 Adenomatous nodule Adenomatous nodule Papillary carcinoma Adenomatous nodules Hyperplasia Hyperplasia Lymph node metastases Hyperplasia, fibrosis 13 14 19 14 34 21 20 12 14 14 14 15 15 15 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 Adenomatous nodule Adenomatous nodule Adenomatous nodule Adenomatous nodule Papillary carcinoma Adenomatous nodules Papillary carcinoma Fibrosis Hyperplasia 18 1/2 Adenomatous nodules 19 No diagnostic lesion Fibrosis Papillary hyperplasia, 12 15 13 20 22,32 24 10 1/2 10 1/2 12 12 Adenomatous nodule Adenomatous nodule Adenomatous nodules Adenomatous nodules 15 1/2,25 Adenomatous nodules with follicular adenoma 40 M 46 74 F 37 M 66 F 34 45 54 22 23 1/2 25 1/2 Papillary carcinoma No diagnostic lesion Adenomatous nodule 85 M 25 25 1/2 Adenomatous nodules 83 M 24 20 Adenomatous nodule Hyperplasia Hyperplasia Papillary hyperplasia Hyperplasia Lymph node metastases Focal hypercellularity fibrosis Ailingnae exposed 59 F 8 F 18 53 12 Adenomatous nodule 45 F 51 F 53 F 45 45 33 19 20 27 Adenomatous nodule Adenomatous nodule Adenomatous nodules 18 Adenomatous nodule with occult papillary carcinoma ~ 64 - Hyperplasia Hyperplasia, focal atypia Fibrosis