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Craniosynostoses

 Subject

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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:

PR2.13615, 1953-1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13615
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, reports, notes and photographs relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 16 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: oxycephaly; optic atrophy; cataract; and exophthalmos. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1959
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 3)

PR2.15905, 1955-1964

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15905
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, and charts relating to female patient from outside Great Britain aged 7 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: visual deterioration; cranio-synostosis; exophthalmos; and optic atrophy. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1964
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 3)

PR2.16043, 1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16043
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 3 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: craniosynostosis; and lack of mental development. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 3)

PR2.17620, 1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17620
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 15 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; cranial stenosis; and turricephaly deformity. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 3)

PR2.19826, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19826
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from outside Great Britain aged 5 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: hypertelorism; craniostenosis; and congenital syndactyly of hands and feet. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 4)