Neoplasms

Correspondence, typed case summary, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 54 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: left temporal ependymoblastoma; headache; dizziness; and homonymous hemianopia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 27 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: intractable pain from carcinoma of cervix; bladder dysfunction; and thrombophlebitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, reports, typed case summary, charts and notes relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 44 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: squamous celled carcinoma of left orbit; vision deterioration; headaches; and proptosis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 72 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: spinal metastases; bronchogenic carcinoma; pyrexia; and weight loss. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, tracer card, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: olfactory groove meningioma; blindness; headache; and blackouts. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, drawings, notes, reports and charts relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 27 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: right acoustic neuroma; headache; diplopia; and nystagmus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, reports, typed case summary, notes and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 54 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: suspicion of cerebral secondary from carcinoma of breast; vomiting; personality change; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, reports, typed case summary, notes and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: ependymoma conus medullaris; low back pain; weakness in legs; and urinary infection. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 55 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: sciatica; adenocarcinoma; and sacral metastasis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Series of six illustrations on one page depicting four masses in a child's brain, likely brain tumours (e.g. glioblastoma) which are having a mass effect, casing brain tissue to be shifted to the left. A craniotomy is preformed, one of the tumours is exposed, arteries supplying the tumour are ligated, and the tumour is removed.