Astrocytoma

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 62 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: failure of vision; and meningioma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; glioblastoma; and astrocytoma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, charts, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: von Recklinghausen syndrome; neurofibromatosis; astrocytoma; headache; failure of vision; neurofibromatosis; and hydrocephalus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 33 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; epilepsy; and astrocytoma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and chart relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 54 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; astrocytoma; gastritis; vomiting; headaches; vision disorder; personality change; and papilloedema. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 25 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; epilepsy; seizures; clonic movements; headache; head injury; unconsciousness; paraesthesia; weakness; paresis; gait disorders; and personality disorder. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 68at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; headache; unsteadiness; deteriorating memory; arteriosclerosis; hemiparesis; confusion; malignant neoplasm; and homonymous hemianopia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, photographs, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: nocturnal epilepsy; tuberculoma; haemorrhage; oligo-astrocytoma; glioma; and pulmonary oedema. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, report, notes, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: coma; epilepsy; and astrocytoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, reports, charts and autopsy report relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 62 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial haemorrhage; brainstem compression; astrocytoma; hemiplegia; cerebral tumour; comatose; headache; papilloedema; hypertension; and arteriosclerosis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.