HOSPITAL OF THE
BROOKHAVEN
UPTON,
Area Code

Utirik 2221

MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER,
NATIONAL LABORATORY
NEW YORK 11973
S16 YAphank 4-6262

NAME)
8-45-37R

(UNIT NO)

DISCHARGE SUMMARY

-2HOSPITAL COURSE:

Her 8-day stay at this Hospital was un-

eventful and she remained generally
aSymptomatic except for a few non-specific muscle pains. Her cardiovascular/renal
disease was not considered sufficiently advanced to preclude surgery and she was

discharged June 10th,1973, and taken to Cleveland. Just prior to discharge, she
was given 25 wCi of 131Z to ensure complete removal of the thyroid at surgery
and for study of activity of thyroid tissues removed.

thyroid surgery on June llth.

At the Cleveland Metropolitan General
Hospital, Dr. Brown Dobyns performed
A 1.5 cm nodule was removed from the right lobe

and a right lobectomy was performed.

The pathological diagnosis was “thyroid

adenomata".She withstood surgery well, with no complications.

Post-operative

convalescence was uneventful and she was discharged June 18th for return to the

Marshall Islands.

The hospital summary and pathological reports from the

Cleveland Hospital are inserted in her BNL record.

FINAL DIAGNOSIS:

Thyroid adenomata,
Hypertension.
Reduced kidney function, secondary to

hypertension.

DISCHARGE MEDICATION:

In view of her low thyroid reserve and

right lobectomy performed, supplementary
thyroxin treatment was considered but, in view of her hypertension and age, it

was considered better to observe her and see if supplemental therapy was necessary.
She will, therefore, be observed at regular intervals on her return home to check
on her thyroid status.

Seboe Cent
RAC /bwa

Robert A. Conard, M.D.

Dict: 6/27/73
Typed: 6/28/73

BNL 720A

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