Neoplasms

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and postmortem reports relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 52 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; unconsciousness; astrocytoma; head injury; headache; vomiting; intracranial pressure; carotid thrombosis; and haemorrhage. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; and head injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts, reports, postmortem report and photographs relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; epilepsy; seizures; unconsciousness; astrocytoma; hemianopsia; vision disorders; nystagmus; amnesia; tuberculosis spine; and back pain. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, report, notes, charts and correspondence relating to female patientfrom Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 71 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: plasmacytoma; dysphasia; leg pain; homonymous hemianopia; and reticulosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, chart and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: secondary carcinoma of spine; bronchopneumonia; paraplegia; spinal cord compression; oedema; and bronchogenic carcinoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 37 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; bronchopnuemonia; papilloedema; headache; vomiting; drowsiness; brainstem compression; and dysrhythmia. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, reports and note relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; backache; sciatica; numbness; headache; hemiplegia; dysphasia; epileptic seizures; and Gerstmann syndrome. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 54 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; dysphasia; headache; backache; deteriorating vision; papilloedma; facial weakness; and hemiparesis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report, chart and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; dysryhthmia; headache; drowsiness; dizziness; papilloedema; homonymous heminaopia; and blurred vision. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, notes, photographs, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from outside Great Britain aged 20 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: chromophobe pituitary adenoma; optic atrophy; blindness; deafness; headache; and epileptic attacks. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.