NROO aOEie ea PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED Another family that was strongly affected by .. His wife, .. two daughters, and two sons had thyroid tumors removed. One daughter suffered injury to the parathyroid gland during surgery, requiring special treatment along with thyroid treat- . the fallout was that of mentfor a lifetime. . later developed a brain tumor (pituitary) possibly related to radiation exposure, which was successfully treated. _ was a school teacher on Rongelap at the time of the fallout. He and his wife, , hada one-year-old son and she was about four months pregnantat that time. Their son, , suffered severe thyroid injury and was one of the two boys who developed marked signs of thyroid deficiency with growth retardation. The response of these retarded children to thyroid treatment, with recovery of growth, was one of the most gratifying results of our treatment program. Another son, who was exposed in utero, later developed a thy- roid tumor which had to be removed. His tumor may have been partly caused from radioiodines absorbed by his motherfrom thefallout. PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED ~ aa a sof wee Rag ecg a op ROSA 4 Vk OE CROele, ee tt : 5 ‘ aay eee eho tow gee “Of wee ala Zeb det a tate de we Be 5 eee 7 Ot ms saat Tle ww te be ae eS vefteoe Foe ae A ke Sie wige A aed : -z . Fe MO a Bete yee cates BE Ugte SPN ay Te eee At Peer -~ S004} 74