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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:

PR2.3207, 1945-1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3207
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: acromegaly; vomiting; and hyperpituitarism. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1952

PR2.3455, 1944-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3455
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to female from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 40 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: petit mal; acromegaly; folliculitis; failure of vision; and headache. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1957

PR2.3634, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3634
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, notes, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 38 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: acromegaly; x-radiation damage; and brain damage. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1945

PR2.4007, 1944-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4007
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report, notes, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: acromegaly. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1954

PR2.4233, 1946-1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4233
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: weight gain; failure of vision; headache; and acromegaly. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1955

PR2.4466, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4466
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence, notes and chart relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) first examined in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; eye watering; mild acromegaly; and amenorrhea. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4607, 1946-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4607
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: vision impairment; facial hair growth; acromegaly; and arteriosclerosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1956

PR2.5429, 1947

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5429
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: meningioma; failure of vision; dysphasia; and acromegaly. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1947

PR2.5531, 1947-1949

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5531
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: acromegaly; headache; failure of vision; and fatigue. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1949

PR2.6265, 1948-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6265
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 56 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: back pain; headache; acromegaly; facial pain; and trigeminal neuralgia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948-1957