DOE ARCHIVES
(None of six Ailinginae children exposed to an estimated external
dose of 70 rads have shown thyroid dysfunction,)
il.
Surviving adult Rongelapese exposed to fallout.
(Estimated dose:
175 rads external plus 160 rem internal irradiation.)
Total - 34
1.
2,
3.
Tit.
Papillary carcinoma removed surgically at age 41.
No recurrence,
Taking oral thyroid hormone therapy.
1
Small nodule at age 40 which disappeared under oral
thyroid hormone therapy.
L
This patient operated on in 1969 for removal of an
invasive adenoma; has recovered satisfactorily,
1
Surviving adult Ailinginae people exposed to fallout,
(Estimated dose:
70 rads external gamma irradiation.)
Total - 8
1,
IV.
Adenomatous goiter removed at age 45; recovered and was
on thyroid therapy,
Died of influenza in 1968,
Surviving adult Utirik people exposed to fallout,
dose:
/
(Estimated
14 rads external gamma plus 15 rem internal irradiation,)
Total “120
le.
One person developed a nodular thyroid gland and underwent
surgery in 1969,
As the tissue resembled a follicular
adenoma in frozen section, a@ total thyroidectomy was performed; histologic sections confirmed the diagnosis and
upgraded the degree of malignancy.
She has recovered
satisfactorily,
No new cases of nodular thyroids were found during a visit to
Utirik, nor were nodular thyroids found in controls on Likiep
and Kwajalein Atolls.