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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:

PR2.3158, 1944-1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3158
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; spastic monoparesis; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1945

PR2.3316, 1945-1961

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3316
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 8 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; headache; vomiting; hydrocephalus; somnolence; and meningitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1961

PR2.3489, 1945-1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3489
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, chart, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; headache; and sickness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1946

PR2.3573, 1945-1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3573
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: headache; unsteadiness; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1946

PR2.3686, 1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3686
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, report, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 9 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; headache; vomiting; and staggering. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3701, 1945-1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3701
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; aphasia; headache; vomiting; unsteadiness; and cyst. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1946

PR2.3797, 1945-1947

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3797
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; convulsions; headache; gait changes; and personality changes. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1947

PR2.3936, 1945-1947

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3936
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: diplopia; failure of vision; and astrocytoma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1947

PR2.3989, 1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3989
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, report, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 8 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; and hydrocephalus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1945

PR2.4066, 1946-1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4066
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, report and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 19 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: unsteadiness; headache; hydrocephalus; and astrocytoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1955