Appendix IV
THYROID TABLES
Table 1.
Individual listing of thyroid abnormalities in Marshallese, 1980.
This does not include cases with indiscrete thyroid masses.*
Under "Hypofunction," two TSH levels >6 yU/dl were considered positive, except
that in presurgical cases one such level was considered positive because only
one or a few samples were available for testing; two levels >3 were considered
suggestive. Ca = carcinoma.
Pt. No.
& sex
Age
1979
Est.
thyroid
dose
(rads)
Thyroid Nodularities
Age at
detection
Surgery
Diagnosis
(a) Rongelap exposed at age <10 (includes 2 in utero:
3M
5 M
33 F
54 M
65 F
26
26
26
26
1150
1150
13
13
Bost. '66
Bost. ‘68
1100
12
Bost. '65
17 F
19 M
21F
42 F
23 M
69 F
72 F
15 F
28
30
28
28
29
29
31
32
1050
1000
1050
1050
1000
1000
900
855
12
14
13
13
19
15
14
17
36 M
32
855
21
20 M
61F
32M
83 M
85 M
32
33
28
25
25
No. 83 and 85)
>400 (myxedema)
1150
27
TSH (uU/d1)
1150
1150
26
2M
Hypofunction
855
13
Bost.
'66
Guam '64
Bost. '68
Guam '64
Bost. '66
Bost. '68
Guam '64
Cleve. '69
Cleve. '69'79
18
Bost.
‘65
810
20
Bost.
'66
?
?
24
25
Cleve. '74
Cleve, '79
1050
28
Cleve. '69
Adenomatous nod.
"
"
"
"
no
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
Papillary Ca
Adenomatous nod.
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
Hyperpl. nodule
"
22
"
22
6.2, 8.2
470
4.9
4.7
5.2, 6.7
6.7, 7.3
(b) Rongelap exposed at age 10-18
75 *F
40
655
24
Cleve.
74 F
40 |
425
32
Cleve. '76
67 F
38
520
24
'72
Adenoma
Nodules
'74
Papillary Ca
*Three cases (2 exposed and 1 control) are not included in the table since nodules palpated clinically did not reveal demonstrable pathology at surgery.
(See Table 3).
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