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Figure 44. Subject No. 34 at age 2 vear, a month after
cayemure tu fallout, when he had spotty epilation and
watieced bea burn lesions on the scalp, neck, arms, lews.
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these people. thyrand malignancies (discussed
above) showa correlation with radiation exposure;
other types Ginnot be ascribed definitely to radiaLon exposure.
A.A CASE OF ACUTE MYELOGENOUS
LEUKEMIA
In 1972 an exposed Rongelap mrale (subjeet No.
SA) died of leuhkentia at age TE! Ele had been
exposed ta D753 rads of garni radiation on Ror
telap oat awe d veac and had experienced carly
Thuisiend ssinptonys, mausca and: waoritiag and
Hehing aad burnang at dhe shin. Efe showed: mod.
crite depression of haaphocvies, plitelets, and
neutroplils. his WHC dropping to $000 by 6 weeks
anal his platelets ta L1U.000 by 4 weeks. He devel-
oped beta buras of ure skin, particularly over the
neck, arms, and legs, and same epilation of the
scalp (Figure 49). These lesions healed unevent-
fully. His blaod etements shawed slaw recovery
wward normal levels by TP vear. He remained generally healthy, with usual childhood infections,
unuilage US. whea nodules developed tn the uiv-
roid and he was taken to the ULS. for study (Fig-
Figure 30, Subject Na. 54 being examined at age 13.
ure 30), The nodules removed at surgery(including a Hirthle cell adenoma) were benign. He was
placed on continuous thyroid hormone treatment
and remained euthyroid, with normal growth and
development. (His mother, father, and wo brothers also had thyroid lesions surgically removed.)