Neoplasms

Typed case summary relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 28 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: headache; failure of vision; amenorrhoea; facial pain; papilloedema; aphasia; and pharyngeal endothelioma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 37 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: headache; amenorrhoea; amnesia; epidermoid cyst; fainting; hydrocephalus; and pituitary tumour. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; failure of vision; and glioblastoma. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, report, drawing and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 36 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: fits; nausea; meningioma; epilepsy; and psychotic disorder. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 52 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: headache; hemiparesis; hemianopia; glioma; and papilloedema. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, notes, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 21 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; astrocytoma; diplopia; and papilloedema. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital on second admission.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: headache; failure of vision; papilloedema; hemiplegia; paraesthesia; diabetes insipidus; and craniopharyngioma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 24 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: headache; dizziness; vomiting; unsteadiness; intracranial pressure; and angioblastoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, autopsy report, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: headache; staggering; tinnitus; meningo-encephalitis; and medulloblastoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 49 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: fits; pain in left shoulder, arm and leg; headache; brain tumour; and loss of vision. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.