Ucirik 2221
HOVITAL OF Trl anEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER,
RICOKHAVIN NATIONAL LAJORATORT
UPTON, NEW YORK 1197)
Aree Code S16 YAphand 4-6262
6-45-37
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DISCHARCE SUMMARY
o2HOSPITAL COURSE:
Her 6-day stay at this Hospital was uneventiul and she remained generally
asymptomatic except for a few non-specific muscle pains. Her cardiovascular/renal
dlevase was nut considered sufficiently advanced to preclude surgery and she was
discharged June LOth, 1973, and taken to Cleveland, Just prior to discharge, she
was given 25 pCt of IIIT co ensure complete removal of the thyroid at surgery
and fur study of actlvity of thyroid tissues removed,
Ac the Cleveland Metropolitan General
Hospital, De. Brown Dobyns performd
thyroid surgery on June llth, A 1.5 ¢m nodule was removed from the right lobe
and a right lobectomy was performed. The pathological diagnosis was “cuyroid
adenomata’, She witnstuod surgery well, with no complications.
Post-operative
convalescence was uneventful and she was discharged June 18th for return to the
Marshall Islands, The hospital summary and pathological reports from the
Cleveland Hospital are
FINAL DIAGNOSIS:
inserted
in her BNL record.
Thyroid adenomata.
Hypertension.
Reduced kidney function, secondary co
hypertension.
DEISCHAKLE MEDICATION:
In view of her low thyrcid reserve and
right lobectomy performed, supplementary
thyroxin treatment was considered but, in view of her hypertension
and age, it
was considered better to ubserve her and see Lf Supplemental therapy
was necessary.
She will, therefore, be observed at regular intervals on her return home
to check
on her thyroid status,
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Dict: 6/27/73
Typed: 6/28/73
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Coo vee ane’, —
Robert A, Conard, M.D.
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