Papilledema

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, postmortem report, charts and photographs relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: chronic cerebral abscess; astrocytoma; epilepsy; seizures; unconsciousness; headache; tinnitus; nausea; amnesia; speech disorder; papilloedema; and head injury. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, postmortem reports, chart and photographs relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 21 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral haemorrhage; chorioepithelioma of uterus; metastasis, ruptured spleen; oligaemic shock; headache; vomiting; papilloedema; and excessive fatigue. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 61 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: visual defect; arteriosclerosis; headaches; vomiting; head injury; unconsciousness; papilloedema; and vascular occlusive lesion. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: increased intracranial pressure; tooth abscess; skin sepsis; intracranial venous sinus thrombosis; and papilloedema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 36 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; papilloedema; and aborted infective condition within skull. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: retrosternal pain; minor ulnar lesion; confusion; dysphasia; papilloedema; encephalitic process; and cerebral thrombophlebitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report, notes and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: malginant astrocytoma; hemiplegia; papilloedema; apahsia; and personality change. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: Buerger's disease; bronchial carcinoma; headache; papilloedema; and secondary lesion on right hemisphere. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 49 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: hemianopia; Foster-Kennedy syndrome; progressive loss of vision; and papilloedema. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, photographs, report, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 58 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: internal carotid thrombosis; cerebral infarction; hemiplegia; homonymous hemianopia; headaches; papilloedema; and numbness and weakness in hands. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.