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MEMORANOOM FOR CHAIBILN SEABORC
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SUBJECT: TEYROLD DISEASE IW ROMGELAP ISLANDERS
During the February 1964 annucl medical surveyof the Merehstlese
Rslaniere exposed te fallout from the Merch 2, 1954, shot ever
Sikial, three young teansgers, 13-14 years oid, were fount te hive
aotulea fis their thyroid glands. The medics} team felt thet tro of
them should hive fernetists thyrelidectomies, and these eparstions were
successfully cerried out a¢ the Beval Nospits] on Goce vith the full
ecoperation of the Trust Territary people snd the mecica] services
ef the Departmcat of Defensa,
The pathclozgical disgncesa were pepllicry ecenccercincas, 6 mul ignest
Gumor ef the thyroid.
The prognosia, of course, is wacertata, but
zhe surgeons ere reported fo have felt thst they may heve removed eli
the avoplastic tissue. While thie informetion hes mot been transmitted
formliy, it te regerded as relichbie. it is planned that « ten yaar
summry of the bezlth stctus ef the exposed Morshzllese, incluciag
these receat developeents, will ba prepsred for proupt pubiicstion fa
@ prominent jourasl such as the theeof the Aner ican Metical
Acsocisrion,
Preparations ere nov going shead te breve the thies ehild with a
emill nodule epersted oo cs soon es possible. The estimeted doses
to thase thyrolds are some 190 to 173 rada external gams: plus 109 te
1590 rads from «dsorbed radiolediae,
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