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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:

PR2.6302, 1947-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6302
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 36 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: chromophobe adenoma; headache; fatigue; failure of vision; and acromegaly. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1956

PR2.6321, 1947-1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6321
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1947-1954

PR2.6407, 1948-1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6407
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, photographs, handwritten notes, charts, reports and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: acromegaly; headache; visual deterioration; and deafness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948-1952

PR2.6513, 1948-1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6513
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: eosiniphil pituitary adenoma; acromegaly; headache; and papilloedema. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948-1950

PR2.7375, 1948-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7375
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts, reports, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: acromegaly; headache; and chromophobe adenoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948-1956

PR2.7500, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7500
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: motor neuron disorder; acromegaly; and shoulder weakness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949

PR2.7703, 1949-1967

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7703
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, charts, notes, photographs and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: hyperpituitarism; chromophobe adenoma; acromegaly; and hemianopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1967

PR2.8287, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8287
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, photographs and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: acromegaly. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949

PR2.9179, 1950-1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9179
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: headache; deafness; deteriorating vision; pituitary adenoma; and acromegaly. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1952

PR3.1022, 1943

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1022
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male airman from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 22 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: neuro-circulatory asthenia (or "effort syndrome"); tiredness; acromegalic features; and blackouts. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943