Neoplasms

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and chart relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: midbrain tumour; frontal headaches; pyelitis; oedema of face and ankles; double vision; personality change; gait disorder; drowsiness; papilloedema; and hypertension. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and note, report and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 36 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: suprasellar meningioma; weight gain; vision problems; infection; pyrexia; and mental disorders. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 56 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: cervical disc; low back pain; brachialgia; scapular ache; neck stiffness; and rectal carcinoma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, autopsy report and chart relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 66 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; headaches; sleep disorder; amnesia; weakness; nausea; depression; and hydrocelphalus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report, autopsy report, charts and photographs relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 51 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: right temporal astrocytoma; tremor; unconsciousness; seizures; gait disorder; dizziness; headache; and tinnitus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, report, autopsy report, charts, correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 47 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: basal meningioma; headaches; dizziness; tremor; amnesia; and unconsciousness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, report, autopsy report, correspondence, notes and photographs relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 33 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: third ventricle tumour; glioblastoma multiforme; headaches; vomiting; and dizziness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, autopsy report, charts, journal article and photographs relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 57 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: leptomeningeal melanoblastosis; tumour in spinal cord; low back pain; weakness; and sensory loss in leg. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: secondary carcinoma; cerebellar tumour; seizure; headache; vomiting; and intracranial pressure. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and reports relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; headaches; amnesia; unconsciousness; diplopia; aphasia; spasms; vomiting; and papilloedema. Sugical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.