8. Pneenonta with mixed infection of Asporgillus funigatis of the
upper and lower lowes of the left lung and the upper lo-e of the right
lung.
9. Degenerative atrophy of the gastrointestinal mucosa and partial
acute inflammation.
10.
Tur vid swelling of the pancreas (120 g) with fat necrosis.
11. Exadation in the thorax (leit 14 cc, right 17 cc) ard ascites
(2.6 liters).
12. Extreme yellow turbidity and partial hemorrhage of the skin
and m.acosa,
13.
Dermatitis scars in the neck region, the legs, the iusteps,
etc,caused
14.
y the Bikini ash.
Hoderate edena bilaterally at the insteps.
CONCLUSION
Ve have o-tained these data as the result of interxediary study.
Tue generative and retrogressive changes in the medulla of the mesanchytie system and the lynghatic system, which are especially sensitive to
radiation, and the changes in the testicles, which derive from the mesoderm system, are assumed to te the results of radiation. Skin changes
are mainly caused by exposure to beta radiation. Changes in other organs
are thought to Le partly caused by radiation and partly caused by cholenia,
which is deuteropathic, or by the fungus infection of the last stage;
but these require further careful investigation. The occurrence of
fungus and virus infections in radiation sickness is another important
procles.
Tse crucial problem is the changes in the (endoderm) liver which took
ir, Eaboyema'ts life.
The liver is ordinarily said to te resistant to
rediation$ but this is true mainly in cases of external exposure. But
the riin factor in the Zuborasa case was not so mich the external radiation es the internal exposure via mouth, lungs, or skin during the 2-week
periecd acored the exposed ship, which resulted in degenerative necrosis
and cirrhosis, with inflammatory cell infiltration in the liver. Yirus
hepatitis might have occurred following the :lood and plasma transfusions
he received,
In any event, the radiation sickness resulting from -oth external and
internal radiation damaged the liver directly and to a great extent. At
the sane tine, the possibility of virus hepatitis or its aggravated form
was duly considered and this is one of the main points of study.
Movever, in this case, an entirely new development like radiation
hepatopathia is the main problem and should be considered from the time
when the patient first suffered.
The renort which shows that zirconium 95, colunbium 95, ceriam 144,
praseodynicsa 143, yttriua 99, stroatiusa 89, strontium 90, and other
fission products were found in the liver of Hr. Kuboyama was submitted
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