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Title:
RADIUM STUDY PROJECT -- CLINICAL SUMMARY ( CASE NO. 40-003 )
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Subject Terms:
HREX; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; HEMATOLOGY; MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATIENT; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; SUMMARY; X-RAY
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
LEGAL DOCUMENT
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Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0700575
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2017 Dec 21
Description/Abstract:
MEDICAL EVALUATION, DATED JUNE 11, 1973. BY AUSTIN M. BRUES, M.D. DISCUSSES PRESENT HEALTH STATUS OF PATIENT BEING EN ROUTE TO STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, ROCHESTER, FOR SPECIFIC METABOLIC STUDIES. WAS SEEN AT THE CENTER FOR PRELIMINARY INTERVIEW, STUDIES OF HEMATOLOGY AND BLOOD CHEMISTRIES, SKELETAL X-RAY SURVEY AND EXAMINATION FOR BODY RADIOACTIVITY. DISCUSSES PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF PATIENT IN 1946 WHEN HIS LATERAL ASPECT OF THE LEFT KNEE WAS INJURED. A YEAR LATER A TUMOR WAS FOUND IN THIS AREA AND A MID-THIGH AMPUTATION WAS PERFORMED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL IN JULY 1947. TUMOR WITH A MASS OF 5 X 3 CENTIMETERS EXTENDED UP THE FEMUR FROM THE DISTAL END, WAS IDENTIFIED AS A CHONDROMYXOSARCOMA. PATIENT WORKED WITH AN ARTIFICIAL LIMB UNTIL TWO YEARS AGO; WAS DISCARDED BECAUSE OF A SEVERE SKIN IRRITATION. PATIENT SOMETIMES HAS CRAMPS IN THE PHANTOM LEG. TAKES MEDICATION FOR HYPERTENSION FOR ONE OR TWO YEARS (HYDROPSES); AND HAS OCCASIONALLY "BLACKED OUT" RECENTLY.