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.

Pt. No.

& sex

Ca = carcinoma.

Age

1979

Est.
thyroid
dose

(rads)

Thyroid Nodularities
Age at

detection

Surgery

Diagnosis

(a) Rongelap exposed at age <10 (includes 2 in utero:
3M
5M

26
26
26

1150

13

Bost.

54 M
65 F
2M
17 F
19 M
21 F
42 F
23M
69 F

26
26
27
28
30
28
28
29
29

1150
1150
1100
1050
1000
1050
1050
1000
1000

13
13
12
12
14
13
13
19
15

Bost. '68
Bost. '66
Bost. '65
Guam '64
Bost. ‘68
Guam '64
Bost. '66
Bost. '68
Guam '64

15 F

32

855

17

Cleve.

20
36
61.
32

32
32
33
28

855
855
810
1050

18
21
20
28

Bost. '65
Cleve. '69
Bost. '66

25

?

33 F

72 F

M
M
F
M

83 M

85 M

31

25 7

1150
1150

900

?

14

24

25

Cleve.

'66

'69

'69'79

Cleve.

'74

Cleve.

'79

Hypofunction
TSH (uU/d1)

No. 83 and 85)

Adenomatous nod.
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"

Papillary Ca

"
"
"
"
"
"
"
‘
"

Adenomatous nod.
"
"
"

"
"
"

"

"

>400 (myxedema )
"
"
22

22
6.2,

8.2

470

4.9

4.7

5.2,
6.7,

6.7
7.3

Hyperpl. nodule

(b) Rongelap exposed at age 10-18
75 #F

40

655

24

Cleve.

'72

74 F

40

425

32

Cleve.

'76

67 F

38

520

24

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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