Table 4,

Patient
No. & sex

Histopathologic diagnoses of thyroid nodules among Marshallese
study populations.
Age at
surgery

Years post
exposure

Pathologic
diagnosis

Remarks

Rongelap exposed

21 F
17 F
69 F
2M
20 M
64 F
33 F
42 F
61 F
65 F
19 M
23 M

13
12
15
12
18
41
13
13
20
13
14
19

10
10
10
11
ll
il
12
12
12
12
14
14

1/2
1/2

Adenomatous nodules
Adenomatous nodule
Adenomatous nodule
Adenomatous nodule
Adenomatous nodule
Papillary carcinoma
Adenomatous nodules
Adenomatous nodules
Adenomatous nodules
Adenomatous nodule
Adenomatous nodule
Adenomatous nodule

18 F
36 M
72 F

34
21
20

15 1/2
15 1/2
15 1/2

Papillary carcinoma
Adenomatous nodules
Papillary carcinoma

54 M

15 F

75 F

14

22,32

14 1/2

15 1/2,25

18 1/2

Hyperplasia
Hyperplasia
Hyperplasia
Ryperplasia
Hyperplasia
Lymph node metastases
Hyperplasia, fibrosis
Papillary hyperplasia
Fibrosis
Hyperplasia

Adenomatous nodule

Adenomatous nodules

M
M
¥F
M
F

46
24
34
45
54

19
20
22
23 1/2
25 1/2

Adenomatous nodules
with follicular
adenoma
No diagnostic lesion
Adenomatous nodule
Papillary carcinoma
No diagnostic lesion
Adenomatous nodule

85 M

25

25 1/2

Adenomatous nodules

40
83
74
37
66

24

1/2
1/2
1/2

Hyperplasia
Lymph node metastases

Fibrosis
Focal hypercellularity
Papillary hyperplasia,
fibrosis

Ailingnae exposed
59 F
8 F

53
18

12
18

Adenomatous noduleAdenomatous nodule

45 F
51 F
53 F

45
45
33

19
20
27

Adenomatous nodule
Adenomatous nodule
Adenomatous nodules
with oscult
papillary carcinoma

Fa

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Hyperplasia
Hyperplasia, focal
atypia
Fibrosis

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