mm ARCHIVES
-2-
2.
3.
Small nodule at age 40 which disappeared under oral
thyroid hormone therapy.
1
This patient operated on in 1969 for removal of
an in~.asive adenorria;has recovered satisfactorily
1
(All the above in T and II who underwent surgery appear to be in
good health without evidence of recurrence.)
111.
Surviving adult Ailinginze pecsple exposed to fallout.
dose : 69 rads external gamma irradiation.)
(Estimated
Total - 8
1.
Iv.
Adenomatous goiter removed at age 45; recovered and was on
thyroid therapy. Died of influenza in 1968.
Surviving adult [Itirik people exposed tO fallout.
(Estimated
dose: 14 rads external gamma plLIs 15 rem internal irradiation.)
Total - 120
1.
One person
developed z nocllularthyroid gland and
underwen~ surg~ry in i96?. As the tissue resemblsd
a follicula~- adenoma in frozen secf:ion, a total
thyroidtactcunyV:2S perfczmecl; h~st~l.ogic sections
.c.anfirmcdthe diagnosis and upg~:ided the degree of
malignancy.
She has ~ecovered satisfactorily.
2.
Oae person with slight enlargement of onc lobe of
the thyroid to be treated conserva~ively and fibserved.
One c~se of nodular thyroid h2s been found ii>a non-exposed Rcngelap
Oil E!>eye. Thyroid surgery has been recommended
woman living
for this
patient at Majuro Hospital.
No other inst~nces of thyroid abnormalities have been faul~d in the control populatioris living on LTt’irik,
Majuro or Zbeye.
It appears that the exposed populations have stabilized so far as the
thyroid reac.tio~s are concerned.