Hydrocephalus

Typed case summary, autopsy report, note, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 26 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: internal hydrocephalus; nystagmus; 6th nerve paresis; increased intracranial pressure; pyocyaneus meningitis; and obstruction of ventricles. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 65 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: subdural haematoma; ptosis; subarachnoid haemorrhage; hydrocephalus; headache; and hemiparesis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, photographs, autopsy report, reports, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: communicating hydrocephalus; birth injury; subdural and subarachnoid haemorrhage; and post-operative meningitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, chart, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: venous sinus thrombosis; ptosis; external hydrocephalus; ear infection; papilloedema; and third and sixth nerve lesions. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, notes, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; degenerative arterial disease; post traumatic hydrocephalus; head injury; subdural haematoma; hemiparesis; contusional cortical damage; and akinesia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: communicating hydrocephalus; subdural and subarachnoid haemorrhages; and vomiting. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, photographs, autopsy report, charts and reports relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: intraventricular neoplasm; brainstem ischaemia; hydrocephalus; and intracranial pressure. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, photographs, autopsy report, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; meningitis; birth injuries; occipital meningocele; and congenital aqueductal stenosis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: spastic foot deformity; hydrocephalus; retarded intellectual development; and headaches. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and hydrocephalus. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.