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United States Transuranium & Uranium Registries

National Human Radiobiological Tissue Repository

Samples Containing Plutonium, Americium, Uranium, and Thorotrast

 

Table 1 - Number of Frozen Tissue Samples from Partial Body Donations

Tissue Pu/Am Uranium
Lung 54 10
Hilar Lymph Nodes 37 4
Lymph Nodes Other 27 0
Liver 53 7
Ribs 38 4
Sternum 37 7
Patella 2 2
Clavicle 32 6
Spleen 38 9
Thyroid 21 8
Heart 27 3
Aorta Arch 13 0
Kidney 77 19
Testes 61 12
Ovary 5 0
Prostate 23 5
Stomach 25 5
Esophagus 17 6
Abdominal Muscle 28 8
Tumor 10 4
Liver Tumor 3 1
Lung Tumor 8 2
Pancreas Tumor 1 0
Rib Tumor 1 0
Mediastinal Tumor 0 1
Blood from Heart 28 6
Abdominal Fat 26 6
Skin 30 8
Calvarium 14 4
Femur 19 5
Brain 29 5
Pituitary 15 3

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Table 2 - Number of Frozen Tissue Samples from Whole Body Donations

Tissue Pu/Am Uranium Thorotrast
Lung 7 1 1
Hilar Lymph Nodes 3 0 0
Gall Bladder 9 1 1
Liver 6 0 0
Thyroid 7 1 0
Testis 5 1 1
Ovary 0 0 0
Spleen 6 1 0
Aortic Arch 4 0 0
Kidney 8 1 0
Brain 8 1 0
Larynx 6 0 0
Trachea 6 0 0
Esophagus 8 0 0
Blood 4 0 1
Heart 9 1 0
Urinary Bladder 8 1 0
Stomach 4 0 0
Small Intestine 10 1 0
Large Intestine 6 0 0
Colon/Rectum 7 0 0
Prostate 5 1 0
Tumor 0 0 0
Liver 1 0 0
Lung 3 0 0
Bone 1 0 0
Kidney 0 1 0
Breast 0 1 0
Pituitary 2 0 0
Wound Site Skin 3 1 0
Wound Site Muscle 3 1 0
Wound Site Fat 3 1 0
Thoracic Lymph Nodes 7 0 0
Axillary Nodes 2 0 0
Mesenteric Nodes 2 0 0
Pancreas 6 0 0
Adrenal 7 2 0
Eye 7 2 0
Upper Extremity Bone 69 6 5
Lower Extremity Bone 78 11 5
Rib Left Side (1-12) 36 3 1
Vertebra 166 36 12
Pelis Left Half 14 3 1
Skull Left Half 11 2 1
Skin Samples 33 9 3
Muscle Samples 39 9 3
Fat Abdominal 9 3 1

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Table 3 - Number of Slides and Paraffin Blocks from Partial Body Donations

Tissue Pu/Am Uranium
Adrenal 56 6
Aorta 8 0
Appendix 1 0
Biliary System 1 0
Bladder 10 1
Bone 1 0
Bone Marrow 11 1
Brain 29 7
Central Nervous System 6 0
Cerebellum 1 0
Cerebrum 1 0
Colon 1 0
Diaphram 1 0
Endocrine 2 1
Esophagus 6 1
Gall Bladder 1 0
Gastrointestinal Tract 16 0
Heart 59 9
Ileum 1 0
Intestine 6 2
Jejunum 1 0
Kidney 65 10
Larynx 1 0
Liver 64 10
Lung 69 10
Lymphatic 35 4
Medulla 1 0
Myocardium 2 1
Pancreas 49 9
Pertoneal Tissue 14 0
Pituitary 4 1
Prostate 18 4
Respiratory Tract 27 0
Skeletal Muscle 4 0
Skin 5 0
Soft Tissue 3 0
Spleen 25 9
Stomach 14 1
Testes 16 2
Thymus 2 0
Thyroid 24 7
Tongue 2 0
Trachea 4 0
Tumor Lung 1 0
Vertebrae 2 0

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Table 4 - Number of Slides and Paraffin Blocks from Whole Body Donations

Tissues Pu/Am Uranium
Adrenal 6 2
Aorta 1 0
Appendix 0 0
Biliary System 0 0
Bladder 2 0
Bone 2 0
Bone Marrow 2 0
Brain 6 1
Central Nervous System 2 0
Cerebellum 0 0
Cerebrum 0 0
Endocrine 0 0
Esophagus 0 0
Gastrointestinal Tract 3 0
Heart 12 2
Ileum 0 0
Intestine 0 0
Jejunum 0 0
Kidney 11 3
Larynx 0 0
Liver 13 2
Lung 13 3
Lymphatic 2 1
Medulla 0 0
Pancreas 7 2
Pertoneal Tissue 0 0
Pituitary 0 0
Prostate 5 2
Respiratory Tract 2 0
Skeletal Muscle 1 0
Skin 0 0
Spleen 11 2
Stomach 3 0
Testis 3 0
Thymus 0 0
Thyroid 7 3
Trachea 0 0
Vertebrae 0 0
Diaphram 1 0
Spinal Cord 1 0
Myocardium 1 1
Duodenum 0 1

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Table 5 - Number of Dissolved Tissue Solutions from Partial Body Donations

Tissue Pu/Am Uranium
Lung 52 20
Hilar Lymph Nodes 31 10
Lymph Nodes Other 18 4
Liver 49 22
Ribs 37 12
Sternum 23 4
Patella 35 11
Clavicle 33 6
Spleen 28 5
Thyroid 29 1
Heart 12 0
Aorta Arch 6 0
Kidney 36 7
Testes 31 3
Ovary 1 0
Prostate 19 1
Stomach 16 0
Esophagus 13 0
Abdominal Muscle 22 1
Tumor: - -
Spleen 1 0
Unspecified 1 1
Liver 0 0
Lung 0 0
Pancreas 0 0
Rib 0 0
Mediastinal 0 0
Blood from Heart 5 0
Abdominal Fat 17 1
Skin 19 1
Calvarium 7 0
Femur 24 6
Brain 15 1
Pituitary 5 0
Vert. Wedge 14 1
Urinary Bladder 1 0
Adrenal 3 0
Pancreas 7 0
Trachea 3 0
Gall Bladder 3 1
Wrist Bone 1 0
Larynx 2 0

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Table 6 - Number of Dissolved Tissue Solutions from Whole Body Donations

Tissue Pu/Am Uranium Thorotrast
Aortic Arch 10 0 1
Blood 1 0 0
Brain 14 1 1
Colon/Rectum 4 0 0
Esophagus 7 1 1
Gall Bladder 8 1 1
Heart 7 1 1
Hilar Lymph Nodes 11 1 1
Kidney 20 5 1
Large Intestine 10 1 1
Larynx 6 1 0
Liver 20 2 1
Lung 22 2 1
Ovary 0 0 0
Prostate 8 0 0
Small Intestine 7 1 0
Spleen 12 1 0
Stomach 7 1 1
Testis 14 1 0
Thyroid 12 0 1
Trachea 8 1 0
Urinary Bladder 7 0 0
Tumor: - - -
Liver 1 0 1
Lung 3 0 0
Bone 7 0 1
Skin 1 1 0
Unspecified 1 0 0
Pituitary 4 0 1
Wound Site Skin 1 0 0
Wound Site Muscle 1 0 0
Wound Site Fat 1 0 0
Thoracic Lymph Nodes 6 0 0
Axillary Nodes 5 0 0
Mesenteric Nodes 7 0 0
Pancreas 9 1 1
Adrenal 5 4 2
Eye 10 2 1
Upper Extremity Bone 301 87 16
Lower Extremity Bone 369 48 18
Rib One 145 26 1
Vertebra 317 77 11
Pelvis Left Half 67 4 2
Skull Left Half 119 8 7
Skin Samples 162 17 5
Muscle Samples 128 12 5
Fat Abdominal 13 3 0
Testis - Spermatic Cord 1 0 0

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