Hydrocephalus

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts, x-ray films and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: aqueduct stenosis; raised intracranial pressure; headache; and vomiting. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from outside Great Britain aged 64 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral metastasis; primary thyroid carcinoma; hydrocephalus; venous sinus thrombosis; hemianopia; headache; and papilloedema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Note and x-ray films relating to male patient aged 38 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: colloid cyst 3rd ventricle; and obstructive hydrocephalus. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; subdural hygroma; and subdural haematoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, note, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 3 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: transient blindness; loss of consciousness; mentally and physically backward; vomiting; and hydrocephalus. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, note, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; aphasia; hemiparesis; headache; tuberculomata; and hydrocephalus. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, postmortem reports and photograph relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 1 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: medulloblastoma cerebellar; papilloedema; gait disorder; intracranial pressure; and hydrocephalus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 44 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: acoustic neurinoma; hydrocephalus; arachnoiditis; deafness; tinnitus; vomiting; diplopia; headaches; instability; vertigo; numbness; difficulty swallowing; and ataxia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: optic atrophy; hydrocephalus; personality deterioration; and brain damage. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, notes, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and hydrocephalus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.