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HOSPITAL OF THE MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER,
BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY
UPTON, NEW YORK 11973
Ares Code 516 YAphank 4-6162
8-45-41R
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DISCHARGE SUMMARY
-2on June lLOth, 1973 and transferred to the Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital,
At the Cleveland Metropolitan General
Hospital, on June 12th, surgical exploration
of the thyroid and upper mediastinum was carried out. No mass was found in the right
lower thyroid region and it was thought that a somewhat thickened lower edge of the
sternocleidomsstoid muscle may have been deceiving. However, a small cyst was
discovered in the lower left pole of the gland which proved to be a degenerating
cystic adenoma. Convalescence was quite uneventful. A summary of the hospitalization including surgical and pathological reports at Cleveland is included in her
BNL record.
FINAL DIAGNOSIS:
Adenoma with cystic degeneration.
DISCHARGE MEDICATION:
On the basis of her thyroid status,
thyroxin treatment is not indicated.
However, a decision is pending as to whether to give thyroxin supplemental treat-
ment in this group of islanders who received a smaller dose of radiation.
She
will have periodic follow-up examinations including determination of serum thyroxin
levels at six-month intervals.
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Robert A. Conard, M.D,
RA: bwa
Diet: 6/27/73
Typed: 6/28/73
ONL 720A
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