Papilledema

Typed case summary, report, note and correspondence relating to male fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 27at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: neurosis; papiloedema; drowsiness; intellectual deterioration; incontinence; and astrocytoma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, reports and charts relating to male patient fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 15at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: papilloedema; increased intracranial pressure; pulmonary congestion; glioblastoma multiforme; basal pneumonia; and mentally defective. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Correspondence and notes relating to male fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 49at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; broncho-carcinoma; intracranial metastasis; papilloedma; retrosternal pain; and homonymous hemianopia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, autopsy report, charts and correspondence relating to male fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 52at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: hypotonic limbs; paralysis; pulmonary collapse; polyneuritis; papilloedema; intracranial tension; spinal cord lesion; urine retention; myelitis; vascular anomaly; and degeneration of spinal cord. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female patientfromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 41at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; unsteadiness; headache; sickness; intracranial pressure; papilloedema; and incontinence. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report, note, chart and correspondence relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 35 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: sarcoma; headache; convulsions; hemiparesis; aphasia; hemiplegia; epileptic attacks; papilloedema; facial paresis; and dysrhythmia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 65 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; headaches; papilloedema; personality change; and mental deterioration. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and report relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 63 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: subdural haematoma; head injury; unconsciousness; amnesia; papilloedema; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 37 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; bronchopnuemonia; papilloedema; headache; vomiting; drowsiness; brainstem compression; and dysrhythmia. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, reports, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 54 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; dysphasia; headache; backache; deteriorating vision; papilloedma; facial weakness; and hemiparesis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.