Rongelap unexposed 841
NAMD

HOSPITAL OF THE MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER,

BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY
UPTON, NEW YORK 11973

08-50-53 R

OISCHARGE SUMMARY

CIRC 63

Ares Code 516 YAphank 4-6262

QUNIT NO)

seems appropriate and should not preclude surgery.
At the Cleveland Metropolitan General
Hospital on 4 June 1974, thyroid

surgery was performed by B, M. Dobyns, M.D, ‘The gland was found to be 2-3 times
normal size, soft and very vascular (presumably related to pregnancy). There

were 2 adenomas, one in the right lobe and one in the left; one filled with
colloid and the other with necrotic liquid,
The pathological diagnoses were
thyroid adenomas, one with cystic degeneration and the other “a regenerating-

degenerating microadenoma Recovery from surgery was uneventful and the wound
healed nicely. ‘There were no complications related either to hypertension or
pregnancy.
‘The patient was discharged for travel to the Marshall Islands on
9 June 1974.
The hospital summary and a surgical and pathological report

are being included in the chart of this hospital.
DISCHARGE MEDICATION:

Dr. Knudsen, the resident physician
in the Marshall Islands, was

advised that the obstetrician on this case suggested that if hypertension

persists after pregnancy termination, some form of medical management should
be instituted.
It was not considered necessary to start this patient on
supplementary hormone therapy.

DISCHARGE DIAGNOSES:

1.
2.

BSenign thyroid adenomas, surgically

removed,

Essential hypertension (mild).

Sch 0. brea

Robert A, Conard, M.D.

cfh

Received:
Typed:

25 June 1974
27 June 1974

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