Neoplasms

Typed case summary, drawing, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: haemangioblastoma; visual deterioration; papilloedema; and raised intracranial pressure. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: carcinoma of nasopharynx; diplopia; numb face; dimness of vision; deafness; and proptosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 79 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: carcinoma of tongue; jaw pain; and tongue pain. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, photograph, autopsy report, reports, chart and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: malignant glioma; papilloedema; hemiparesis; primary intracerebral perivascular sarcoma; limb weakness; headache; and personality change. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

correspondence relating to male patient from outside Great Britain aged 35 . Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; instability of gait; astrocytoma; and hemiparesis. No treatment given. Patient not examined.

Autopsy report, photograph, note and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 29 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: acoustic neuroma; epileptic fits; lesion of posterior fossa; and neurofibroma. No treatment given. Patient not examined.

Typed case summary, autopsy repor, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 32 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: carcinoma of rectum; intractable pain; sacral pain; hyperaesthesia; metastastic carcinoma; and urinary dysfunction. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, photograph and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 59 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; increased intracranial pressure; homonymous hemianopia; hemiparesis; fatigue; headache; and bronchopneumonia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: bronchogenic carcinoma; intracranial metastases; unsteadiness; and slurred speech. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, note, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: malignant astrocytoma; vascular tumour; memory defects; petit mal; and headache. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.