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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:

PR1.700, 1933

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.700
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: headache; paraesthesia; papilloedema; glioma; astrocytoma; and cyst. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital on second admission.

Dates: 1933

PR1.702, 1933

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.702
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, photographs and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: vomiting; epigastric pain; headache; intracranial pressure; difficulty with vision; deafness; papilloedema; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1933

PR1.754, 1934-1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.754
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, photographs, report and correspondence relating to female patient from outside Great Britain aged 5 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; glioma; diplopia; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934-1938

PR1.773, 1934/1937

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.773
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, photographs and correspondence relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 33 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: seizures; headache; diplopia; intracranial pressure; glioma; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934/1937

PR1.776, 1934-1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.776
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 42 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; headache; ependymoblastoma; cyst; and astrocytoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934-1959

PR1.779, 1934-1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.779
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, autopsy report, drawings, notes, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 6 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: vomiting; squint; astrocytoma; and glioma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital on second admissions.

Dates: 1934-1942

PR1.830, 1934-1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.830
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports and correspondence relating to female from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 28 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: aphasia; headache; amblyopia; intracranial pressure; papilloedema; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934-1936

PR1.843, 1934-1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.843
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 27 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; dizziness; glioma; and astrocytoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital after several admissions.

Dates: 1934-1941

PR1.854, 1934

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.854
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 20 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: nausea; vomiting; visual failure; optic neuritis; hydrocephalus; glioma; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1934

PR1.855, 1934-1935

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.855
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 34 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: failure of vision; headaches; seizures; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital on second admission.

Dates: 1934-1935