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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