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SUMMARY REPORT BY DR, ROBERT CONARD, MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, BROOKHAVEN
NATIONAL LABORATORY, OF THE CURRENT MEDICAL STATUS OF THE MARSHALLESE
EXPOSED TO FALLOUT FROM THE MARCH 1, 1954 TEST ON BIKINI
Dr. Conard, on returning from his annual medical examination of the
Marshallese during March 1970, reports no new serious cases of thyroid
disease among this population. The five Marshallese who underwent
diagnostic procedures at Brookhaven National Laboratory and thyroid
surgery at the Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital last August
were in good condition,
The present status may be tabulated as follows:
I.
Young Rongelapese exposed to fallout March 1, 1954, when
they were 1 to 8 years of age,
(Estimated dose:
175 rads
external gamma plus 600 to 1400 rem internal irradiation.)
Total - 19
1.
Currently normal by clinical and biochemical tests,
2,
Currently hypothyroid with minimal nodularity,.
Responding satisfactorily to oral thyroid hormone
therapy,
3.
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Have undergone surgery in the U. S. prior to 1969
there is question as to whether she should
have further surgery.
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3 (16%)
because of nodular thyroid disease; histologic
diagnosis of adenomatous goiter and Huerthle cell
tumor, Responding satisfactorily to oral thyroid
hormone therapy with one exception: This patient
shows some enlargement of the remnant of thyroid
left from a partial thyroidectomy in 1964; as she
has not followed her post-operative thyroid hormone
regimen,
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