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HOSPITAL Of THE MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER,
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QROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY
UPTON, NEW YORK 11973
08-45-39R
Area Code 516 YAphank 4-6262
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DISCHARGE SUMMARY
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HOSPITALCOURSECONTINUED :
Thyroid surgery was carried out June lith
at the Cleveland Metropolitan General
Hospital by Dr. Brown Dobyns. A discrete 2 cm diameter mass was found in the left lobe
and removed along with subtotal lobectomy. The remainder of the thyroid appeared to
be normal and no lymph nodes were noted. A pathological diagnosis was PAPILLARY CYSTIC
Gdenoma and 2 small thyroid adenomamwere also found.
She withstood the operation well
and her convalescence was uneventful.
She was discharged June 18th and returned to
the Marshall Islands.
Copies of the Hospital Summary and Pathological Reports from
the Cleveland Hospital are included in our records.
EINALDIAGNOSIS:
Papillary cystic adenoma and thyroid
adenomata.
DLSCHARGEMEDICATION;
Since thyroid function was good in this
patient and so little thyroid tissue
removed at surgery no supplemental thyroxin or other treatment wae prescribed. She will
be followed in subsequent examinations in the Marshall Island.
[heT LoawrtL
Robert A. Conard, M.D.
Received:
Typed:
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June 29, 1973
July 2, 1973
BML 720A
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