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HOSPITAL OF THE MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER,
BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY
UPTON, NEW YORK 11973

NAN

08-42-34 R

Aree Code 516 YAphank 46262

(UNIT NO.)

CISCHARGE SUMMARY

HOSPITAL COURSE:

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Her Hospital course waa uneventful and

it was gratifying that in view of

the anemia noted in September, her blood picture was now within normal Limits and

no contraindications to surgery were noted,

‘The patient was given 25 uci 1311

prior to discharge to ensure complete removal of thyroid tissue at surgery in the

eventuality of malignancy. She was discharged on 13 November 1972 and transferred
to Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital.
At Cleveland Metropolitan General

on 14 November 1972, surgery was

performed by Dr, Brown Dobyns.
At surgery the right lobe of the chyroid was
quite nodular with one
firm black nodule about 2 cm in diameter in the superior
pola, and smaller ones in the remainder of the lobe.
‘The left lobe appeared
relatively normal.
Complete right lobectomy was performed and 2 thorough search

revealed no lymph nodes in the vicinity of the thyroid gland on either side.

Microscopic examination of tha excised tissues revealed smail area of papillary

carcinoma”.

The remainder of the lobe exhibited miltiple benign adenomatous lesions.

Racovery from surgery was uneventful with no complicacions.

By 19 November 1972, the

wound was healing nicely and the patient was discharged to return to the Marshall
Islands with the interpreter and the other thyroid parcienct. A summary of her
Hospitalization, including surgical and pathological reports, at the Cleveland
Metropolitan General Hospital is attached,
FINAL DIAGNOSIS:

? Papillary carcinoma of the thyrotd.

DISCHARGE MEDICATION:

The patient was placed on thyroxin medica-

tion (Synthroid) 2.1 mg weekly.

Follow-up advice and treatment instructions are being forwarded to the practitioner
in charge of her case at the Majuro Hospital in the Marshall Islands,
Careful.
follow-up exams will be carried out on this girl at the time of our annual
medical exams and at 3ix monch intervals.
She will also have periodic exams
at a hospital for chorough thyroid studies to rule out extension of her disease,
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Further pathological review of the sections is in progress.

WfchaFeo Cpu
Robert A, Conard, MD.

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12/20/72
12/21/72

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