Hydrocephalus

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 1 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: mild hydrocephalus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, typed case summary, reports, charts and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 64 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: left acoustic neuroma; mental deterioration; bilateral papilloedema; and severe hydrocephalus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 35 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy (not yet diagnosed); obstructive hydrocephalus due to aqueduct stenosis; nose bleeding; and incontinence of urine. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; vomiting; irritability; and bilateral pulmonary collapse. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; head injury; mental deficiency; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 1 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: communicating hydrocephalus; aqueduct stenosis; bilateral papilloedema; and vomiting. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: meningo-myelocoele; hydrocephalus; paraplegia; and urinary incontinence. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: occipital meningocoele; slight hydrocephalus; headache; and vomiting. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: communicating hydrocephalus; and jaundice. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and notes relating to female patient first examined in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: ?hydrocephalus (Torkildsen's procedure). Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.