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ArticleBulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology2025

Thyroid Carcinoma in a Japanese Black Cow Living in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident Contamination Area.

Jun Sasaki, Itaru Sato, Keiji Okada, Yoshitaka Deguchi, Masahiro Natsuhori, Takahisa Murata, Hiroshi Satoh, Hiroyuki Chida, Nobuhiko Ito

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Article in Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Jun SasakiFaculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, 020-8550, Japan. sasajun@iwate-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8319-3407
Itaru SatoFaculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, 020-8550, Japan.
Keiji OkadaFaculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, 020-8550, Japan.
Yoshitaka DeguchiFaculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, 020-8550, Japan.
Masahiro NatsuhoriSchool of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, 034-8628, Japan.
Takahisa MurataDepartment of Veterinary Pharmacology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113‑8657, Japan.
Hiroshi SatohFaculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, 020-8550, Japan.
Hiroyuki ChidaFaculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, 020-8550, Japan.
Nobuhiko ItoSchool of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, 034-8628, Japan.

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Abstract

The thyroid glands of an 11-year-old castrated cow housed in a region contaminated by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident were collected for histopathological examination. The estimated cumulative external exposure dose was 459 mSv. Macroscopically, the left lobe of the thyroid gland was firm and enlarged, and multilobular cystic structures could be observed on the cut surface. Histologically, the tumor cells were tall, cuboidal to columnar, and formed follicles of variable sizes and shapes. The fibrous capsule was unclear, and the neoplastic invasion of follicular tumor cells was obvious in the adjacent thyroid parenchyma. Immunohistochemically, the tumor cells were positive for thyroglobulin and thyroid transcription factor-1, and the MIB-1 index was 6.2%. Based on these findings, the neoplastic lesion was diagnosed as thyroid carcinoma. This is the first report of thyroid carcinoma in a cow exposed to radiation caused by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident.

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Fukushima Nuclear AccidentNeoplasms, Radiation-InducedThyroid NeoplasmsAnimalsCattleFemaleJapanNuclear Power PlantsThyroid GlandCowFukushima nuclear accidentJapanese blackThyroid carcinoma

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