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Acromegaly

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A condition caused by prolonged exposure to excessive HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE in adults. It is characterized by bony enlargement of the FACE; lower jaw ( PROGNATHISM); hands; FEET; HEAD; and THORAX. The most common etiology is a GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:

PR1.1552, 1938-1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1552
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, newspaper clipping, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 15 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: headache; acromegaly; hemianopia; chromophobe adenoma; and gigantism. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital after several admissions.

Dates: 1938-1942

PR1.1598, 1938-1949

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1598
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 25 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: acromegaly; amenorrhoea; and papilloedema. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1949

PR1.1627, 1938-1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1627
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, photographs, photographic negatives and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 38 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: headache; and acromegaly. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1939

PR1.1657, 1939-1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1657
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts, photographic negatives, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: headache; acromegaly; and diabetes. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939-1949

PR1.1830, 1940-1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1830
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, photographic negatives, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: headache; failure of vision; and accromegaly. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940-1952

PR1.1839, 1940-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1839
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, photographic negatives, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; eosinophinil adenomata; and acromegaly. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940-1956

PR1.1874, 1939-1960

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1874
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: headache; acromegaly; and eosinophil adenoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939-1960

PR2.1594, 1943-1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1594
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: chromophobe adenoma; headache; facial pain; dizziness; vomiting; and acromegaly. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1950

PR2.2212, 1943-1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2212
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: acromegaly; eosinophil adenoma; failure of vision; and carcinoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1953

PR2.2593, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2593
Scope and Contents

Notes, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 43 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: hypertension; acromegaly; and gigantism. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944