Neoplasms

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, photographs, autopsy reports and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 38 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: left parietal glioblastoma; head injury; headache; and drowsiness. Non surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: pituitary chromophobe adenoma; bilateral deafness; vision problems; and polypus. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and chart relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 21 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: ependymoma of inferior vermis; headaches; and vomiting. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report, charts and autopsy report relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: mid-line haemangioblastoma cyst in superior vermis; infection of bone flap; vomiting; headaches; and dizziness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: acoustic neuroma; deafness; tinnitus; nausea; weakness; and hypaesthesia of trigeminal nerve. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and charts relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 18 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: left frontal glioma-choroidal ependymoma; headaches; vomiting; blindness; and seizures. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, charts and photographs of patient relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 43 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: Cushing's syndrome; malar cyanosis; amenorrhoea; oedema of ankles; vaginal bleeding; vision disorders; and suspected pituitary adenoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 62 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: carcinoma; and back pain. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 61 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: carcinoma; facial palsy; headache; and pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 55 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; dysphasia; and astrocytoma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital on second admission.