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HOSPITAL OF THE
BROOKHAVEN
UPTON,
Ares Code
MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER,
NATIONAL LABORATORY
NEW YORK 11973
516 YAphank 4-6262
NAME)
08-50-52 R
OISCHARGE SUMMARY
{UNIT NO)
CIRC 63
and was able to get up and walk around, with an increase in appetite,
was considered fit to travel to Cleveland on 3 June 1974,
She
When the patient arrived at the
she was improved,
Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital
Her chest x rays were reviewed by a chest specialist and
the EKG by a cardiologist,
Their opinions were that the ? hilar shadows were
not suggestive of tuberculosis but of bronchitis, and the T-wave changes in
the EKG were not considered significant.
Their conclusions were that these
conditions did not preclude surgery.
Positive pressure ventilation and other
pulmonary exercises were instituted and resulted in removal of large amounts
of bronchial mucus with marked improvement in the patient's status prior to
surgery,
be small,
On 5 June 1974, thyroid surgery was
carried out,
The gland was found to
thin, and brownish in color and quite friable.
A l-cm mass was
‘removed from the mid left lobe which was filled with necrotic fluid and a
smaller 5 mm tongue of adenomatous tissue removed from near the isthmus, The
pathological diagnoses for both masses were adenomas".
The patient's postoperative con-
valescence was uneventful with no
pulmonary problems. A positive serological test for syphilis was reported,
This was confirmed on re-check,
DISCHARGE MEDICATION & INSTRUCTIONS:
Dr. Knudsen, the resident physician
in the Marshall Islands, was notified
of the return of this patient and advieed about the positive serological test
and the desirability for continued postural drainage procedures,
She was
resumed on thyroid hormone treatment (Synthroid®) and given a supply to take
back to the islands with her. She will be given careful followup exams.
DISCHARGE DIAGNOSES:
I.
Benign thyroid adenomas, surgically
2.
Chronic browchitis.
removed,
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Robert A, Conard, M.D,
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Received:
Typed:
6/25/74
6/27/74
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