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Pituitary neoplasms

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Neoplasms which arise from or metastasize to the PITUITARY GLAND. The majority of pituitary neoplasms are adenomas, which are divided into non-secreting and secreting forms. Hormone producing forms are further classified by the type of hormone they secrete. Pituitary adenomas may also be characterized by their staining properties (see ADENOMA, BASOPHIL; ADENOMA, ACIDOPHIL; and ADENOMA, CHROMOPHOBE). Pituitary tumors may compress adjacent structures, including the HYPOTHALAMUS, several CRANIAL NERVES, and the OPTIC CHIASM. Chiasmal compression may result in bitemporal HEMIANOPSIA.,Created For = LHSA-Dott,Use For = Pituitary adenoma

Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.14471, 1954-1964

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14471
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 21 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: pituitary chromophobe adenoma; headaches; fatiguability; vision defect; homonymous hemianopia; neck pain; growth spurt; Costen's syndrome; hormone deficiency; head injury; and concussion. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1964

PR2.14480, 1954-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14480
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: pituitary chromophobe adenoma; headaches; vomiting; vision disorders; myxoedema; and tachycardia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1957

PR2.14546, 1954-1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14546
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: acromegaly; cavernous sinus thrombosis; otitis media; proptosis; facial asymmetry; ocular nerve palsy; and pituitary tumour. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1955

PR2.16146, 1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16146
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 59 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: pituitary chromophobe adenoma; hydrocephalus; adhesive arachnoiditis; homonymous hemianopia; papilloedema; vision disorders; and intracranial pressure. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.16341, 1956-1970

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16341
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 59 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: vision failure; pituitary adenoma; and headaches. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1970

PR2.16445, 1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16445
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, autopsy report, charts, correspondence, reports and black-and-white photographs relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: adenoma of pituitary ; haemorrhage; and hydrocephalus. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1956

PR2.16841, 1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16841
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 68 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: blind in right eye; facio-brachial paresis; and pituitary adenoma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

Schedule and correspondence with Norman Dott from visits to Johannesburg and Pretoria, September 1955-October 1955

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Identifier: Coll-32/E.19
Scope and Contents

Schedule and correspondence with Norman Dott from visits to Johannesburg and Pretoria, dated September 1955-Ocotober 1955. The material consists of a schedule of visits and lectures by Dott; correspondence with Dott regarding his visit from colleagues, former patients and new cases to be seen, case-notes and notes by Dott. DOtt's lectures were on Subarachnoid pouches, Facial pain, Pituitary Tumours. The material also includes a note on 'Method of bleaching skulls'.

Dates: September 1955-October 1955