Hydrocephalus

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 5 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: TB meningitis; and hydrocephalus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 10 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; extradural haematoma; external hydrocephalus; papilloedema; skull fractures; raised intracranial presssure; and incontinence. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: bronchogenic carcinoma; multiple intracranial metastases; vomiting; headache; raised intracranial pressure; internal hydrocephalus; facial weakness; and brainstem compression. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Photograph and correspondence relating to male patient from outside Great Britain aged 1. Conditions mentioned include: acquired hydrocephalus. Patient not examined.

Typed case summary, reports, chart and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; communicating hydrocephalus; convulsions; epileptic attacks; basal arachnoiditis; vomiting; and subarachnoid bleeding. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to female patient fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 1 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; retarded development; and cerebral disorder. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, x-ray film, notes, reports, photographs, charts and correspondence relating to male patient fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 14 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: midbrain tumour; epilepsy; secondary hydrocephalus; diplopia; ependymomtous glioma; cicatricial changes; nausea; headache; and 6th nerve paresis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: ruptured myelo-meningocele; hydrocephalus; lumbar cord damage; and spina bifida. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 28 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: brain tumour; intellectual deterioration; hemiplegia; aphasia; headache; papilloedema; increased intracranial pressure; hydrocephalus; and ischaema of brainstem. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, chart, report, note, and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: meningococcal meningitis; fits; and hydrocephalus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.