Atkinson Andrew L, Rosenthal Andrew
Saba University School of Medicine, Netherlands Antilles, Hollywood, Fla., USA.
Case Rep Oncol. 2010 Apr 8;3(1):83-87. doi: 10.1159/000308358.
The Chernobyl accident of 1986 exposed most if not all of Europe to a blanket of radiation, creating a melting pot of human exposure sequelae that is still showing up in our medical clinics today. In our particular clinic, a young woman of 29 years presented with most of her extended family in attendance. The young woman was born and raised in northern Italy until the age of seven when she left and immigrated to the United States leaving most of her family behind. Shortly after the Chernobyl accident, 5 members of her family, all woman including her own mother, were diagnosed with papillary thyroid carcinoma. Twenty-two years later, this same young woman came into the clinic with papillary thyroid carcinoma, making her the sixth member of her family. This case report illustrates the patient's history with her radiation exposure while talking in depth about the source, Chernobyl.
1986年的切尔诺贝利事故使几乎整个欧洲都笼罩在辐射之下，造成了一个人类暴露后遗症的大杂烩，至今仍在我们的诊所中显现。在我们这个特定的诊所里，一位29岁的年轻女子前来就诊，她的大部分大家庭成员都陪同在场。这位年轻女子在意大利北部出生并长大，直到7岁时离开并移民到美国，留下了她的大部分家人。切尔诺贝利事故后不久，她的5名家庭成员，包括她自己的母亲在内，全都是女性，被诊断出患有乳头状甲状腺癌。22年后，这位年轻女子也因乳头状甲状腺癌前来诊所就诊，成为她家族中的第六名患者。本病例报告在深入探讨切尔诺贝利这个辐射源的同时，阐述了该患者的辐射暴露病史。
