Neoplasms

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; headaches; epilepsy; seizures; tinnitus; hypersalivation; amnesia; oedema; vomiting; vision disorder; and papilloedema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts, reports and x-rays relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 15 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: spinal neurilemmoma; prolapsed intervertebral disc; sciatica; low back pain; and infection. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: pituitary chromophobe adenoma; vision disorder; and hemianopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; clonic tonic fits; tumour; cerebral atrophy; headache; asthenia; hair loss; weight loss; vision disorders; and personality change. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts, reports, postmortem reports and photographs relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; confusion; fainting attacks; epilepsy; seizures; amnesia; headaches; vision disorder; tinnitus; vertigo; and haematuria. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 44 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: bone neoplasm; bronchial carcinoma; low back pain; gait disorder; and weight loss. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 37 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; sciatica; scoliosis; lipoma; and tumours. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral metastasis; primary pulmonary carcinoma; epilepsy; seizures; hemiparesis; headache; vomiting; speech disorder; confusion; memory defects; papilloedema; haemorrhage; and gait disorder. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report, charts, note and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: malignant melanoma of neck; exophthalmos; cerebral metastases; and third nerve paralysis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart, notes, drawing, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; headache; and homonymous hemianopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.