the Medical Department on May 26, 1966. After thorough evaluation they were transferred to the New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, for subtotal thyroidectomies. Following operation, they were returned to Brookhaven on June 11, discharged from Brookhaven on June 16, and returned home. él] withstood surgery easily and have exhibited no complications except the expected hypothyroidic state which is to be treated by daily oral administration of appropriate thyroid hormone. Ail the patients were females with present sges of 46, 20, 15, 13, and 13, or respective ages of 34, 3, 3, 1, and 1 years at time of exposure. All showed adenomatous poiters with nodules verying from one large single nodule to multiple small ones; one patient had a small nodule with Hurtle cells which, while ancplastic, are not necessarily neoplastic. oe et , : Loe oT eas BEST COPYAVAILA3. | US ' NG 326 US. ATOMIC ENERGY. ~ee A v iyeeeo “t he Mi TaSiOs ae Re cote, 7 BES 8 : — ‘ A ;