Neoplasms

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 58 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: spinal neurinoma; Brown-Sequard syndrome; hyperaesthesia; paraesthesiae; and carpal tunnel median nerve syndrome. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, photograph, autopsy report, report, charts and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 44 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial haemorrhage; glioblastoma multiforme; vomiting; headache; and drowsiness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, x-ray films, photographs, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 3 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: cerebellar medulloblastoma; dysuria; loss of vision; ataxia; papilloedema; nystagmus; headache; and vomiting. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Reports and x-ray films relating to female patient aged 11 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: cerebellar tumour; and hydrocephalus.

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: cystic malignant astrocytoma; glioblastoma multiforme; dysphasic difficulties; and headache. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, notes, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 11 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: transitional chromophobe adenoma of pituitary; hydrocephalus; blindness; scalp infection; and craniopharyngioma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes, magazine advert and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: neurinoma; wound infection; prolapsed intervertebral disc; backache; sciatica; and headache. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 57 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: malignant glioma; headache; blackouts; Jacksonian fits; drowsiness; and hypostatic pneumonia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, notes, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: malignant astrocytoma; brainstem haemorrhages; bronchopneumonia; epilepsy; aphasia; and hemiparesis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 67 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: intradural neurinoma; prostatic hypertrophy; epididymitis; pain and weakness in upper limbs; and spastic legs. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.