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Table 24 (Continued)
Thyroid Findings, September 1974
Subject No.
and sex

Est. thyroid
dose,* rads

Age at
exposure

Age lesions
developed

Ailingnae exposed (69 rads), 18 people(1 in uéero listed separately)
6M
aF
+4 M
+8 F
33 F
81 F
70F
51F
31M
45 F
50 M
16M
+1M
39 F
LF
29 M
43 F

450
tt
395
360
320
1"
190
135
"
"
"
"
“
"
i"
”
"

28 F
"
in utero exposed, + people
83 M
175 4?
84 M

85 M
86 F

69 + ?

175 +?
175 42

Utirik exposed (14 rads), 157 peoplett
2229 F
31
2208 F
"
2212 F
"
2194 F
"
2258 M
"
2182 F
n
2221 F
"

I
L
4
6
8
8
15
25
31
32
34
39
+4
44
34
65

7
27
45
51
63
56
-

68

-

67

-

-

-

wow

~

-

20
35
35
37
47
32
54

36
54
54
53
63
72
71

,
(S) Carcinoma(follicuiar)
(S) Adenomas
(S) Adenomas
Lobular gland
Noduile, died 1970
Noduie
(S) Adenoma
(S) Adenoma
(S) Adenoma
(S) Adenoma
Possible nodule
Nodule 0.5 cm,rt.
Firm area, nodule?

Ist tri

-

~
-

32
34
54
30
70
20

858 F

-

-

60 (?)

-

Died 1965

19

~
-

898 F

Died 1964

woo

938 F
829 F
841 F
845 M
910M
912 M

-

(S) Adenomas (benign?)
Hypertrophyrt. 1974
Mass 0.5 cm,It. lobe '73; neg. '74
Neurofibroma neck removed (1968)
(S) Adenomas
Died 1958
(S$) Adenomas
Died 1971
Noduie It. lobe
(S) Adenoma,died 1968
Died 1966

2nd tri

Rongelap unexposed, 196 people (~80% of group)t?

1007 M

Diagnosis** (S =surgery)

-

Likiep unexposed, 137 people, 1970 (~50% of group)tt

(S) Adenomas
-

58

Small nodule, It. lobe

75 (?)

Nodule 0.5 cm, It., died 1973

Large goiter, soft & movable, died 1973

-F
-F
-M

-

-

5
48
63

Nodular thyroid
Nodule,It.
Nodule,rt.

-M

-

-

74

Mass 5 cm,rt.

-M

-

-

80

Two small nodules,rt.

“Includes gamma dose. Method of calculation® is described in Section II of this report.
**{ncludes adenomatous lesions (withoutdistinct capsules) and Hiirthle cell adenomas.

* This case was notincludedin thestatistics because,if it had been possible to do more autopsies, other thyroid tumors

cS

yOE

tou

might have been found in both exposed and unexposed people.
*tOnly subjects with thyroid lesions arelisted here.

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