Neoplasms

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 71 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: spinal neurinoma; lumbago; left-sided sciatica; and prolapsed intervertebral disc. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, notes, black-and-white photograph, reports and charts relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 63 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: glioma; malignant astrocytoma 9right parietal); left hemiparesis; and left hemianopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, autopsy report, black-and-white photograph, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: aqueduct stenosis; cerebral tumour (glioma); frontal headache; and diplopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital after several admissions.

Correspondence, reports, charts and notes relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: primary hypernephroma; cerebral metastasis; headache; and dizziness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 46 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: carcinoma of lung with metastasis; shoulder pain; and hyperesthesia in foot. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, reports, typed case summary, charts and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: intractable chest pain from bronchogenic carcinoma; dyspnoeia; and dyspepsia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, typed case summary, reports, charts and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 64 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: left acoustic neuroma; mental deterioration; bilateral papilloedema; and severe hydrocephalus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, typed case summary, notes, reports and charts relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 45 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: malignant astrocytoma; personality change; visual field defect; and left homonymous hemianopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, notes, typed case summary, reports and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: pelvic metastases from carcinoma cervix; prolapsed intervertebral disc; right-sided sciatica; and lumbago. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 28 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: epidural spinal granuloma; low back ache; numbness in legs; and retention of urine. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.