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HOSPITAL OF THE MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER,
(NAME)
BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LASORATORY
UPTON, NEW YORK 11973
08-50-52 2
Area Code 516 YAphank 4=6262
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DISCHARGE SUMMARY
CIRC 63
and was able to gec up and walk around, with an increase in appetite.
was considered fit to travel co Cleveland on 3 June 1974,
‘She
When che patient arrived at the
Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital
she was improved,
Her chest x rays were reviewed by a chest specialist and
the EKG by a cardiologist.
Their opinions were that the ? hilar shadows were
not suggestive of tuberculosis but of bronchitis, and the T-wave changes in
the EKG were not considered significant,
Their conclusions were that these
conditions did not preclude surgery.
Positive pressure ventilation and other
pulmonary exercises were instituted and resulted in removal of large amounts
of bronchial mucus with marked improvement in the patient's scatus prior co
surgery.
On 5 June 1974, thyroid surgery was
The gland was found to
carried out.
be small, chin, and brownish in color and quite friable, A l-cm mass waa
removed from the mid left lobe which was filled with necroric fluid and a
smailer 5 om tongue of adenomatous tissue removed from near the isthmus,
pathological diagnoses for both masses were "adenoms'.
The
The patient's postoperative con-
valascence was uneventful with no
pulmonary problems. A positive serological cest for syphilis was reported,
This was confirmed on ra-check,
DISCHARGE MEDICATION & INSTRUCTIONS:
Dr, Knudsen, the resident physician
in the Marshall Islands, was notified
of the return of this patient and advised about the positive serological test
and the desirability for continued postural drainage procedures,
She was
resumed on thyroid hormone treatment (Synthreid®) and given a supply to cake
back to the islands with her.
She will be given careful followup exams.
DISCHARGE DIAGNOSES:
I,
2.
Senign chyroid adenomas,
removed,
Chronic browchitis.
SRO O Goya—
Robert A, Conard, M.D.
cfh
Received:
Typed:
6/25/74
6/27/74
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