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Craniosynostoses

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Premature closure of one or more CRANIAL SUTURES. It often results in plagiocephaly. Craniosynostoses that involve multiple sutures are sometimes associated with congenital syndromes such as ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLIA; and CRANIOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS.,Created For = LHSA-Dott,Use For = Oxycephaly

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

PR1.818, 1934

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.818
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and photographs relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: oxycephaly; exophthalmos; papilledema; and leptomeningitis. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital on second admission.

Dates: 1934

PR4.150, 1933-1964

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.150
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 1 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: atrophy of the optic nerves; headaches; closure of the coronal sutures; oxycephaly; and blindness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1933-1964

PR4.152, 1934

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.152
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 2 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: lump on forehead; swelling; keeled cranium; and cranial deformity. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934

PR2.2422, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2422
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 1 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: dolichocephalic head. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR2.3044, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3044
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include:asymmetry to skull; and suspected spina bifida. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3761, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3761
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 4 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: amentia; deafness; epilepsy; and plagiocephaly. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.4513, 1946-1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4513
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 2 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: hypertelorism; oxycephaly; and synostosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1949

PR2.7065, 1948-1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7065
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and photographs relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: cranio-stenosis; oxycephaly; flattened head shape; papilloedema; and ptosis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948-1957

PR2.7066, 1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7066
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and report relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: increased frequency of micturition; haematuria; dysuria; pain; paralysis; weakness; amnesia; arteriosclerosis; and hypertension. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948

PR2.8113, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8113
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 7 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: amentia; and oxycephaly. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949