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MEMICAL RECORD, CASE NUMBER 40-004, AUTOPSY REPORT

HREX; AUTOPSY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE; NEOPLASM; OPERATION; X-RAY

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

EMPLOYEE RECORD

1945 Oct 03

Never classified

0007

NV0700676

1994 Aug 27

2017 Dec 21

AUTOPSY REPORT FOR ( REDACTED ). THE AUTOPSY WAS CONDUCTED ON 3 OCT 45 AT 1:30 P.M. BY DR. R C WEBER. THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN WAS DR A BRUNSCHWIG. PAST CLINICAL HISTORY IS INCLUDED IN THE AUTOPSY REPORT. THE PATIENT WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL ON 29 MAR 45 COMPLAINING OF PAIN IN THE JAW WHICH HE HAD BEEN SUFFERING WITH FOR 9 MONTHS. SURGERY HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON THE JAW IN OCT OF 44 AND AGAIN IN DEC OF 44. ON 3 APR 45 A CATHETER GASTROSTOMY WAS DONE IN PREPARATION FOR FURTHER SURGERY. ON 11 APR 45 PART OF THE LOWER JAW WAS TAKEN OUT AND PARTIALLY RECONSTRUCTED. BETWEEN 29 APR AND 19 JUL 45, PLASTIC SURGERY WAS PERFORMED SEVEN TIMES. ON 11 AUG 45 TWO SINUSES IN THE LOWER NECK WERE ENLARGED. DURING THIS PROCEDURE, CARCINOMA WAS NOTED. THE PATIENT WAS MAINTAINED ON THE GASTROSTOMY FEEDING BECAUSE OF THE INABILITY TO SWALLOW. ON 21 AUG 45 A CHEST X-RAY REVEALED CARCINOMA IN THE THORACIC AREA. THE PATIENT'S CONDITION CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE UNTIL THE TIME OF HIS DEATH ON 3 OCT 45. IN THE AUTOPSY, THE ANATOMICAL DIAGNOSIS EXPLAINS THE RATHER EXTENSIVE SURGERY ACCOMPLISHED ON THE MOUTH OF THE PATIENT. IN THE DESCRIPTION OF THE LUNGS, A NOTE IS MADE THAT "THE FINDINGS IN THE LUNG MAKE IT VERY PROBABLE THAT CYSTIC DEGENERATION OF THE LARGE METASTASIS WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WELL LOCALIZED PLEURAL INVOLVEMENT. IN THE SKELETAL DESCRIPTION, A NOTE IS MADE THAT "THE AUTOPSY PERMIT DOES NOT ALLOW EXPLORATION OF THE NECK OR HEAD, SO THAT THE EXTENT OF THE TUMOR GROWING LOCALLY CANNOT BE DETERMINED."