Astrocytoma
Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Neoplasms of the brain and spinal cord derived from glial cells which vary from histologically benign forms to highly anaplastic and malignant tumors. Fibrillary astrocytomas are the most common type and may be classified in order of increasing malignancy (grades I through IV). In the first two decades of life, astrocytomas tend to originate in the cerebellar hemispheres; in adults, they most frequently arise in the cerebrum and frequently undergo malignant transformation.,Created For = LHSA-Dott
Found in 440 Collections and/or Records:
PR1.1590, 1938-1939
Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1590
Scope and Contents
Typed case summary, charts, photographs and reports relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 10 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: staggering; failure of vision; squint; headache; hydrocephalus; cyst; and astrocytoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.
Dates:
1938-1939
PR1.1621, 1938
Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1621
Scope and Contents
Typed case summary, charts, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 3 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: unsteadiness; squint; hydrocephalus; astrocytoma; meningitis; ventriculitis; and pseudo-hypertrophy. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.
Dates:
1938
PR1.1646, 1938-1939
Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1646
Scope and Contents
Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from outside Great Britain aged 52 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: oedema; astrocytoma; failure of vision; diplopia; headache; and papilloedema. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.
Dates:
1938-1939
PR1.1649, 1939-1959
Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1649
Scope and Contents
Typed case summary, charts, reports, photographic negatives, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 50 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: sciatica; back pain; thrombo-angiitis obliterans; hemianopia; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.
Dates:
1939-1959
PR1.1665, 1939
Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1665
Scope and Contents
Typed case summary, charts, reports, autopsy report and photographs relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 14 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; mental change; facial paralysis; neurofibromatosis; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.
Dates:
1939
PR1.1677, 1939-1943
Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1677
Scope and Contents
Typed case summary, charts, reports, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 13 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: vomiting; headache; unsteadiness; deafness; cyst; hydrocephalus; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.
Dates:
1939-1943
PR1.1684, 1939-1949
Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1684
Scope and Contents
Typed case summary, notes, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; paresis; and astrocytoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.
Dates:
1939-1949
PR1.1700, 1939
Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1700
Scope and Contents
Typed case summary, charts, autopsy report, report and photographs relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 13 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: headache; meningitis; failure of vision; hydrocephalus; glioma; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.
Dates:
1939
PR1.1734, 1939
Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1734
Scope and Contents
Typed case summary, charts, reports, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 43 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.
Dates:
1939
PR1.1735, 1939-1950
Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1735
Scope and Contents
Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 32 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: unsteadiness; dizziness; deafness; tinnitus; vomiting; intracranial pressure; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.
Dates:
1939-1950