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; two levels >3 were considered
Suggestive. Ca = carcinoma.
Pt. No.
& sex
Age
1979
Est.
thyroid
dose
(rads)
Thyroid Nodularities
Age at
detection
Surgery
Diagnosis
wee ee ee ee ee
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—-
(a) Rongelap exposed at age <10 (includes 2 in utero:
3M
26
1150
5 M
26
1150
54 M
65 F
2M
26
26
27
1150
1150
1100
13
13
12
Bost. '68
Bost. '66
Bost. '65
17 F
28
1050
12
Guam '64
33 F
19
21
42
23
69
72
15
20
36
M
F
F
M
F
F
F
M
M
61 F
32 M
83 M
85 M
26
1150
30
28
28
29
29
31
32
32
32
1000
1050
1050
1000
1000
900
855
855
855
28
25
25
1050
?
?
33
810
Hypofunction
TSH (uU/dl)
No. 83 and 85)
>400 (myxedema )
13
14
13
13
19
15
14
17
18
21
20
28
24
25
Bost.
'66
Bost. '68
Guam '64
Bost. '66
Bost. '68
Guam '64
Cleve. '69
Cleve. '69'79
Bost. '65
Cleve. '69
Bost.
Cleve.
Cleve.
'66
'74
'79
Adenomatous nod.
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
Papillary Ca
Adenomatous nod.
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
Hyperpl. nodule
"
22
"
22
6.2, 8.2
470
4.9
4.7
5.2,
6.7
6.7, 7.3
(b) Rongelap exposed at age 10-18
75 F
40
655
24
Cleve. '72
74 F
40
425
32
Cleve.
67 F
38
520
24
'76
Adenoma
Nodules
'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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